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13–17 May 2024
University of Pittsburgh / Carnegie Mellon University
US/Eastern timezone

Probing the Axion-Electron Coupling with Magnetized Multilayers

15 May 2024, 14:00
15m
Barco Law Building 109 (University of Pittsburgh)

Barco Law Building 109

University of Pittsburgh

Axion Axion

Speaker

Kevin Zhou (Stanford/SLAC)

Description

In the presence of axion dark matter, electrons experience an "axion wind" spin torque and an "axioelectric" force, which give rise to magnetization and polarization currents in common ferrite materials. The radiation produced by these currents can be amplified in multilayer setups, which are potentially sensitive to the QCD axion without requiring a large external magnetic field.

Authors

Asher Berlin (Fermilab) Alexander Millar (Max Planck Institute for Phyiscs) Tanner Trickle Kevin Zhou (Stanford/SLAC)

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