Speaker
Ms
Chloe Lohmeyer
(Northwestern University)
Description
The Axion Resonant InterAction Detection Experiment (ARIADNE) collaboration will search for the QCD axion using a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance based technique where the axion acts as a mediator of spin-dependent forces between an unpolarized Tungsten source mass and a sample of polarized helium-3 gas. The experiment relies on limiting ordinary magnetic noise with superconducting magnetic shielding as well as a stable rotary system to modulate the axion-signal from the source mass. Updates on thin-film superconducting shielding, rotating source mass characterization, and progress on the experiment will be discussed.
Primary author
Ms
Chloe Lohmeyer
(Northwestern University)
Co-author
For the ARIADNE Collaboration
(Northwestern University)