PT Journal
AU Aja, Bea
   Gimeno, B
TI The Canfranc Axion Detection Experiment (CADEx): search for axions at 90 GHz with Kinetic Inductance Detectors
SO Journal of Cosmology And Astroparticle Physics
JI J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys.
PY 2022
BP 044
EP 29pp
VL 11
IS 11
DI 10.1088/1475-7516/2022/11/044
LA English
DE dark matter experiments; axions; dark matter detectors
AB We propose a novel experiment, the Canfranc Axion Detection Experiment (CADEx), to probe dark matter axions with masses in the range 330-460 μeV, within the W-band (80-110 GHz), an unexplored parameter space in the well-motivated dark matter window of Quantum ChromoDynamics (QCD) axions. The experimental design consists of a microwave resonant cavity haloscope in a high static magnetic field coupled to a highly sensitive detecting system based on Kinetic Inductance Detectors via optimized quasi-optics (horns and mirrors). The experiment is in preparation and will be installed in the dilution refrigerator of the Canfranc Underground Laboratory. Sensitivity forecasts for axion detection with CADEx, together with the potential of the experiment to search for dark photons, are presented.
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