کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
8141953 1523857 2015 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Axion mass estimates from resonant Josephson junctions
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه فیزیک و نجوم نجوم و فیزیک نجومی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Axion mass estimates from resonant Josephson junctions
چکیده انگلیسی
Recently it has been proposed that dark matter axions from the galactic halo can produce a small Shapiro step-like signal in Josephson junctions whose Josephson frequency resonates with the axion mass (Beck, 2013). Here we show that the axion field equations in a voltage-driven Josephson junction environment allow for a nontrivial solution where the axion-induced electrical current manifests itself as an oscillating supercurrent. The linear change of phase associated with this nontrivial solution implies the formal existence of a large magnetic field in a tiny surface area of the weak link region of the junction which makes incoming axions decay into microwave photons. We derive a condition for the design of Josephson junction experiments so that they can act as optimum axion detectors. Four independent recent experiments are discussed in this context. The observed Shapiro step anomalies of all four experiments consistently point towards an axion mass of (110±2) μeV. This mass value is compatible with the recent BICEP2 results and implies that Peccei-Quinn symmetry breaking was taking place after inflation.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Physics of the Dark Universe - Volumes 7–8, March–June 2015, Pages 6-11
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