Speaker
Prof.
Michael Tobar
(The University of Western Australia)
Description
We report on the progress of attempting to verify recent claims of a possible 0.11 meV axion signal (~26 GHz) and discuss the feasibility of using readily available tools to perform a very narrowband Haloscope-style experiment to check for such an axion signal.
Also, we outline the principles of the cross-spectrum measurement technique whereby two spectrums are cross-correlated together, allowing for rejection of uncorrelated noise processes. We apply these concepts to microwave cavity-based searches for axions, such as the Haloscope style experiment, and WISPs, such as hidden sector photon light-shining-through-a-wall. We discuss how such techniques can be used to enhance these experiments.
Primary author
Prof.
Michael Tobar
(The University of Western Australia)
Co-authors
Mr
Ben McAllister
(The University of Western Australia)
Prof.
Eugene Ivanov
(The University of Western Australia)
Dr
Stephen Parker
(The University of Western Australia)
