High-Frequency Gravitational Wave Search with ABRACADABRA-10\,cm

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Main Authors: Pappas, Kaliroë M. W., Fry, Jessica T., Cheng, Sabrina, Cesaní, Arianna Colón, Ouellet, Jonathan L., Salemi, Chiara P., Vital, Inoela, Winslow, Lindley, Domcke, Valerie, Lee, Sung Mook, Foster, Joshua W., Henning, Reyco, Kahn, Yonatan, Rodd, Nicholas L., Safdi, Benjamin R.
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author Pappas, Kaliroë M. W.
Fry, Jessica T.
Cheng, Sabrina
Cesaní, Arianna Colón
Ouellet, Jonathan L.
Salemi, Chiara P.
Vital, Inoela
Winslow, Lindley
Domcke, Valerie
Lee, Sung Mook
Foster, Joshua W.
Henning, Reyco
Kahn, Yonatan
Rodd, Nicholas L.
Safdi, Benjamin R.
author_facet Pappas, Kaliroë M. W.
Fry, Jessica T.
Cheng, Sabrina
Cesaní, Arianna Colón
Ouellet, Jonathan L.
Salemi, Chiara P.
Vital, Inoela
Winslow, Lindley
Domcke, Valerie
Lee, Sung Mook
Foster, Joshua W.
Henning, Reyco
Kahn, Yonatan
Rodd, Nicholas L.
Safdi, Benjamin R.
contents ABRACADABRA-10 cm has had great success as a pathfinder lumped-element axion dark matter experiment, setting limits on axion dark matter at the GUT scale. Now, using the interaction of gravitational waves with electrodynamics and a change in readout strategy, we use the ABRA-10 cm detector for the first search for high-frequency gravitational waves using a modified axion detector. Potential sources at these high frequencies (10 kHz to 5 MHz) include merging primordial black hole binaries or superradiance, among other beyond the standard model phenomena. This paper presents the design, results, and challenges from the ABRA-10 cm high-frequency gravitational wave search, showing it is possible to simultaneously look for axions and high-frequency gravitational waves with both searches matching theoretical expectations for sensitivity. Additionally, we conducted the first time series transient search with data from an axion experiment, achieving sensitivity to $10^{-4}$ in strain. Scaled directly to the next generation axion experiment, DMRadio-GUT, this sensitivity would imply a reach to 0.01 $M_{\odot}$ primordial black hole mergers at distances around 3 pc, with prospects to go significantly further with modifications to the readout.
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spellingShingle High-Frequency Gravitational Wave Search with ABRACADABRA-10\,cm
Pappas, Kaliroë M. W.
Fry, Jessica T.
Cheng, Sabrina
Cesaní, Arianna Colón
Ouellet, Jonathan L.
Salemi, Chiara P.
Vital, Inoela
Winslow, Lindley
Domcke, Valerie
Lee, Sung Mook
Foster, Joshua W.
Henning, Reyco
Kahn, Yonatan
Rodd, Nicholas L.
Safdi, Benjamin R.
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
ABRACADABRA-10 cm has had great success as a pathfinder lumped-element axion dark matter experiment, setting limits on axion dark matter at the GUT scale. Now, using the interaction of gravitational waves with electrodynamics and a change in readout strategy, we use the ABRA-10 cm detector for the first search for high-frequency gravitational waves using a modified axion detector. Potential sources at these high frequencies (10 kHz to 5 MHz) include merging primordial black hole binaries or superradiance, among other beyond the standard model phenomena. This paper presents the design, results, and challenges from the ABRA-10 cm high-frequency gravitational wave search, showing it is possible to simultaneously look for axions and high-frequency gravitational waves with both searches matching theoretical expectations for sensitivity. Additionally, we conducted the first time series transient search with data from an axion experiment, achieving sensitivity to $10^{-4}$ in strain. Scaled directly to the next generation axion experiment, DMRadio-GUT, this sensitivity would imply a reach to 0.01 $M_{\odot}$ primordial black hole mergers at distances around 3 pc, with prospects to go significantly further with modifications to the readout.
title High-Frequency Gravitational Wave Search with ABRACADABRA-10\,cm
topic High Energy Physics - Experiment
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.02821