Dark matter axion search using a Josephson Traveling wave parametric amplifier
C. Bartram, T. Braine, R. Cervantes, N. Crisosto, N. Du, G. Leum, P. Mohapatra, T. Nitta, L. J. Rosenberg, G. Rybka, J. Yang, John Clarke, Irfan Siddiqi, Ankur Agrawal, Akash Dixit, Mohamed H. Awida, A. Chou, M. Hollister, S. Knirck, A. Sonnenschein, W. C. Wester, J. R. Gleason, Alexander Hipp, S. Jois, P. Sikivie, N. S. Sullivan, D. B. Tanner, E. Lentz, Rakshya Khatiwada, G. Carosi, C. Cisneros, N. Robertson, N. Woollett, Leanne Duffy, C. Boutan, Mark Jones, B. H. LaRoque, N. S. Oblath, Matthew S. Taubman, E. J. Daw, M. G. Perry, J. H. Buckley, Chandrashekhar Gaikwad, J. H. Hoffman, Kater Murch, Maxim Goryachev, Ben T. McAllister, Aaron Quiskamp, Catriona A. Thomson, Michael E. Tobar, Vladimir Bolkhovsky, Greg Calusine, William D. Oliver, Kyle Serniak
Abstract
We describe the first implementation of a Josephson Traveling Wave Parametric Amplifier (JTWPA) in an axion dark matter search. The operation of the JTWPA for a period of about two weeks achieved sensitivity to axion-like particle dark matter with axion-photon couplings above 10-13 Ge V-1 over a narrow range of axion masses centered around 19.84 µeV by tuning the resonant frequency of the cavity over the frequency range of 4796.7-4799.5 MHz. The JTWPA was operated in the insert of the axion dark matter experiment as part of an independent receiver chain that was attached to a 0.56-l cavity. The ability of the JTWPA to deliver high gain over a wide (3 GHz) bandwidth has engendered interest from those aiming to perform broadband axion searches, a longstanding goal in this field.