1–5 Jun 2026
Paraninfo, University of Zaragoza
Europe/Madrid timezone

Commissioning the Dark Matter Radio 50L Experiment

2 Jun 2026, 11:30
20m
Pilar Sinués

Pilar Sinués

Oral presentation Axion/Sterile Parallel session - Axion searches

Speaker

Victoria Ankel (Stanford University)

Description

Dark Matter Radio 50L (DMRadio-50L) is an experiment designed to search for pre-inflationary axion dark matter in the mass range between 20 peV/$c^2$ and 20 neV/$c^2$, corresponding to Compton frequencies between 5 kHz and 5 MHz. This talk presents the current commissioning status of DMRadio-50L, focusing on the performance of the toroidal magnet, lumped-element resonator, and dc SQUID readout. With the full cryogenic system now operational, the experiment is ready to commence data taking.

Main Contribution topic Axion / Sterile
Secondary contribution topic Instrumentation for Dark Matter

Author

Victoria Ankel (Stanford University)

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