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Searching for scalar field dark matter with LIGO
Published 31 Jan 2024 in astro-ph.CO and gr-qc | (2401.18076v3)
Abstract: We report on a direct search for scalar field dark matter using data from LIGO's third observing run. We analyse the coupling of size oscillations of the interferometer's beamsplitter and arm test masses that may be caused by scalar field dark matter. Using new efficient search methods to maximise sensitivity for signatures of such oscillations, we set new upper limits for the coupling constants of scalar field dark matter as a function of its mass, which improve upon bounds from previous direct searches by several orders of magnitude in a frequency band from 10 Hz to 180 Hz.
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- https://galaxy.ligo.caltech.edu/optics.
- Publisher: American Physical Society.
- Number: 7851 Publisher: Nature Publishing Group.
- K. Fukusumi, S. Morisaki, and T. Suyama, “Upper limit on scalar field dark matter from LIGO-virgo third observation run.”
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