TY - JOUR T1 - Ultralight dark matter detection with mechanical quantum sensors JF - New Journal of Physics Y1 - 2021 A1 - Daniel Carney A1 - Anson Hook A1 - Zhen Liu A1 - J. M. Taylor A1 - Yue Zhao AB -

We consider the use of quantum-limited mechanical force sensors to detect ultralight (sub-meV) dark matter candidates which are weakly coupled to the standard model. We show that mechanical sensors with masses around or below the milligram scale, operating around the standard quantum limit, would enable novel searches for dark matter with natural frequencies around the kHz scale. This would complement existing strategies based on torsion balances, atom interferometers, and atomic clock systems

VL - 23 U4 - 023041 UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.04797 CP - 2 U5 - https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/abd9e7 ER -