Probing Millicharged Dark Matter with Magnetometer Coupled to Circuit

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Main Authors: Gong, Yuanlin, Tian, Hongliang, Wu, Lei, Zhu, Bin
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Published: 2025
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author Gong, Yuanlin
Tian, Hongliang
Wu, Lei
Zhu, Bin
author_facet Gong, Yuanlin
Tian, Hongliang
Wu, Lei
Zhu, Bin
contents We present a novel approach to detect millicharged dark matter (mDM) by using a high-sensitivity magnetometer coupled with the resonant and broadband readout circuits. In the external magnetic field, the interaction between mDM and the photon field introduces an effective current corresponding to the mDMs annihilation into photons that produces a faint oscillating magnetic field signal, with a frequency uniquely determined by twice the mDM mass. By calculating the expected signal for two experimental configurations -- toroidal and solenoidal magnetic fields -- we show the potential to explore the uncharted regions of mDM parameter space. Our analysis establishes unprecedented constraints on the mDM coupling constant across the mass range $1\times 10^{-12}~\mathrm{eV}$ to $6 \times 10^{-8}~\mathrm{eV}$, surpassing existing experimental limits by more than ten orders of magnitude.
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spellingShingle Probing Millicharged Dark Matter with Magnetometer Coupled to Circuit
Gong, Yuanlin
Tian, Hongliang
Wu, Lei
Zhu, Bin
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
We present a novel approach to detect millicharged dark matter (mDM) by using a high-sensitivity magnetometer coupled with the resonant and broadband readout circuits. In the external magnetic field, the interaction between mDM and the photon field introduces an effective current corresponding to the mDMs annihilation into photons that produces a faint oscillating magnetic field signal, with a frequency uniquely determined by twice the mDM mass. By calculating the expected signal for two experimental configurations -- toroidal and solenoidal magnetic fields -- we show the potential to explore the uncharted regions of mDM parameter space. Our analysis establishes unprecedented constraints on the mDM coupling constant across the mass range $1\times 10^{-12}~\mathrm{eV}$ to $6 \times 10^{-8}~\mathrm{eV}$, surpassing existing experimental limits by more than ten orders of magnitude.
title Probing Millicharged Dark Matter with Magnetometer Coupled to Circuit
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.09630