Physics – Instrumentation and Detectors
Scientific paper
2010-01-25
Mod.Phys.Lett.A25:983-993,2010
Physics
Instrumentation and Detectors
10 pages, 3 tables and 3 figures, presented in the International Workshop on Dark Matter, Dark Energy and Matter-Antimatter As
Scientific paper
10.1142/S0217732310000149
Dark matter is a focused issue in galactic evolution and cosmology. Axion is a viable particle candidate for dark matter. Its interaction with photon is an effective way to detect it, e.g., pseudoscalar-photon interaction will generate vacuum dichroism in a magnetic field. Motivated to measure the QED vacuum birefringence and to detect pseudoscalar-photon interaction, we started to build up the Q & A experiment (QED [Quantum Electrodynamics] and Axion experiment) in 1994. In this talk, we first give a brief historical account of planet hunting and dark matter evidence. We then review our 3.5 m Fabry-Perot interferometer together with our results of measuring vacuum dichroism and gaseous Cotton-Mouton effects. Our first results give (-0.2 $\pm$ 2.8) $\times$ 10$^{-13}$ rad/pass, at 2.3 T with 18,700 passes through a 0.6 m long magnet, for vacuum dichroism measurement. We are upgrading our interferometer to 7 m arm-length with a new 1.8 m 2.3 T permanent magnet capable of rotation up to 13 cycles per second. We aim at 10 nrad/Hz$^{1/2}$ optical sensitivity with 532 nm cavity finesse around 100,000. When achieved, vacuum dichroism would be measured to 8.6 $\times$ 10$^{-17}$ rad/pass in about 50 days, and QED birefringence would be measured to 28 %.
Chen Sheng-Jui
Mei Hsien-Hao
Ni Wei-Tou
Pan Sheau-shi
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