Effects of Cosmic Muons on $μ$eV-to-meV Scale Axion Dark Matter Searches
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| author | Zhang, Dan Rybka, Gray Daw, Edward J. Evren, Robyn |
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| contents | We estimate the synchrotron radiation of cosmic muons in a uniform magnetic field in the $μ$eV-to-meV energy scale. Such events can potentially bring backgrounds to the axion dark matter searches. The GEANT4 software package is utilized to simulate the muon tracks in a cylindrical region of interest with an 8~T solenoid magnetic field applied. We further develop an analytical estimation of the angular-frequency-differential synchrotron radiation power spectra in this work as the cosmic muons span a wide range of Lorentz factor $γ$ and pitch angle $α$. We verify that the cosmic muons are not the dominant noise background for the current axion dark matter experiments on the $μ$eV scale because of the high quality factor $Q$ and fine energy resolution in the readout. However, without sufficient energy resolution in the detector readout, future broadband axion dark matter experiments will be vulnerable to the synchrotron radiation of these charged particles. |
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| spellingShingle | Effects of Cosmic Muons on $μ$eV-to-meV Scale Axion Dark Matter Searches Zhang, Dan Rybka, Gray Daw, Edward J. Evren, Robyn Instrumentation and Detectors High Energy Physics - Experiment High Energy Physics - Phenomenology We estimate the synchrotron radiation of cosmic muons in a uniform magnetic field in the $μ$eV-to-meV energy scale. Such events can potentially bring backgrounds to the axion dark matter searches. The GEANT4 software package is utilized to simulate the muon tracks in a cylindrical region of interest with an 8~T solenoid magnetic field applied. We further develop an analytical estimation of the angular-frequency-differential synchrotron radiation power spectra in this work as the cosmic muons span a wide range of Lorentz factor $γ$ and pitch angle $α$. We verify that the cosmic muons are not the dominant noise background for the current axion dark matter experiments on the $μ$eV scale because of the high quality factor $Q$ and fine energy resolution in the readout. However, without sufficient energy resolution in the detector readout, future broadband axion dark matter experiments will be vulnerable to the synchrotron radiation of these charged particles. |
| title | Effects of Cosmic Muons on $μ$eV-to-meV Scale Axion Dark Matter Searches |
| topic | Instrumentation and Detectors High Energy Physics - Experiment High Energy Physics - Phenomenology |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.28832 |