Global Network of Optical Magnetometers for Exotic (GNOME): Physics Novel scheme for exotic physics searches

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العنوان: Global Network of Optical Magnetometers for Exotic (GNOME): Physics Novel scheme for exotic physics searches
المؤلفون: Pustelny, S., Kimball, D. F. Jackson, Pankow, C., Ledbetter, M. P., Wlodarczyk, P., Wcislo, P., Pospelov, M., Smith, J., Read, J., Gawlik, W., Budker, D.
المصدر: Annalen der Physik 525, 659 (2013)
سنة النشر: 2013
المجموعة: Physics (Other)
مصطلحات موضوعية: Physics - Atomic Physics
الوصف: A novel experimental scheme enabling investigation of transient exotic spin couplings is discussed. The scheme is based on synchronous measurements of optical-magnetometer signals of several devices operating in magnetically shielded environments in distant locations ($\gtrsim100$ km). Although signatures of such exotic couplings may be present in the signal from a single magnetometer, it would be challenging to distinguish them from noise. By analyzing the correlation between signals from multiple, geographically separated magnetometers, it is not only possible to identify the exotic transient but also to investigate its nature. The ability of the network to probe presently unconstrained physics beyond the Standard Model is examined by considering the spin coupling to stable topological defects (e.g., domain walls) of axion-like fields. In the spirit of this research, a brief ($\sim 2$ hours) demonstration experiment involving two magnetometers located in Krak\'ow and Berkeley ($\sim 9000$ km separation) is presented and discussion of the data-analysis approaches that may allow for the transient signal identification is provided. The prospects of the network are outlined in the last part of the paper.
Comment: Submitted to Annalen der Physik
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1002/andp.201300061
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/1303.5524
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.1303.5524
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv