Searching for Weakly-Interacting-Slim Particles by shining light-through-a-wall Searching for Weakly-Interacting-Slim Particles by shining light-through-a-wall.

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Searching for Weakly-Interacting-Slim Particles by shining light-through-a-wall Searching for Weakly-Interacting-Slim Particles by shining light-through-a-wall Axel Lindner DESY Status of ALPS DESY CERN, 17 September 2015

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 2 > W > I > S > P > S A brief primer on

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 3 > Why are we looking for WISPs > Indications for WISPs? > Searches for WISPs > Plans for WISPs at DESY: ALPS II > Summary A brief primer on

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 4 There is physics beyond the SM > Dark matter and dark energy: (Credit Queens Univ) Even if one neglects dark energy: 85% of the matter is of unknown constituents.

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 5 There is physics beyond the SM > Dark matter and dark energy candidate constituents: (Credit Queens Univ) > Very weak interaction with SM matter > Very weak interaction among themselves > Stable on cosmological times > Non-relativistic > Extremely lightweight scalar particle

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 6 Introducing today‘s dark matter candidates: WISPs > Weakly Interacting Slim Particles (WISPs)  Theory: WISPs might arise as (pseudo) Goldstone bosons related to extra dimensions in theoretical extensions (like string theory) of the standard model.  Dark matter: in the early universe WISPs are produced in phase transitions and would compose very cold dark matter in spite of their low mass.  Additional benefit: with axions (the longest known WISP) the CP conservation of QCD could be explained, axion-like particles could explain different astrophysical phenomena. > Prediction: Dark matter is composed out of elementary particles with masses below 1 meV. Its number density is larger than /cm 3.

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 7 Axions and other WISPs in theory > Axion and other Nambu-Goldstone bosons arising from spontaneous breakdown of global symmetries are theoretically well-motivated very weakly interacting slim (ultra-light) particles. The coefficients are determined by specific ultraviolet extension of SM.  A Courtesy A. Ringwald

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 8 Axions and other WISPs in theory > Axion and other Nambu-Goldstone bosons arising from spontaneous breakdown of global symmetries are theoretically well-motivated very weakly interacting slim (ultra-light) particles. The coefficients are determined by specific ultraviolet extension of SM.  A Courtesy A. Ringwald

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 9 > The QCD axion: light, neutral pseudoscalar boson. > The QCD axion: the light cousin of the  0.  Mass and the symmetry breaking scale f a are related: m a = 0.6eV · (10 7 GeV / f a )  The coupling strength to photons is g a  = α·g  / ( π ·f a ), where g  is model dependent and O(1). Note: g a  = α·g  / ( π ·6·10 6 GeV) · m a  The axion abundance in the universe is Ω a / Ω c  (f a / GeV) 7/6. f a μeV Properties of the axion The Search for Axions, Carosi, van Bibber, Pivovaroff, Contemp. Phys. 49, No. 4, 2008

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 10 > The QCD axion: light, neutral pseudoscalar boson. > The QCD axion: the light cousin of the  0.  Mass and the symmetry breaking scale f a are related: m a = 0.6eV · (10 7 GeV / f a )  The coupling strength to photons is g a  = α·g  / ( π ·f a ), where g  is model dependent and O(1). Note: g a  = α·g  / ( π ·6·10 6 GeV) · m a  The axion abundance in the universe is Ω a / Ω c  (f a / GeV) 7/6. f a μeV Properties of the axion The Search for Axions, Carosi, van Bibber, Pivovaroff, Contemp. Phys. 49, No. 4, 2008

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 11 Weakly Interacting Slim Particles (WISPs): > Axions and axion-like particles ALPs, pseudoscalar or scalar bosons, m and g are not related by an f. > Hidden photons (neutral vector bosons) > Mini-charged particles > Chameleons (self-shielding scalars), massive gravity scalars Other WISPy particles as predicted by theory

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 12 > Basic idea: due to their very weak interaction WISPs may traverse any wall opaque to Standard Model constituents (except ν and gravitons).  WISP could transfer energy out of a shielded environment  WISP could convert back into detectable photons behind a shielding. > “Light-shining-through-a-wall” (LSW) Okun 1982, Skivie 1983, Ansel‘m 1985, Van Bibber et al Basics of many WISP experiments steel wall, cryostat, earth’s atmosphere, stellar body, intergalactic background light, ….

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 13 > Why are we looking for WISPs > Indications for WISPs? > Searches for WISPs > Plans for WISPs at DESY: ALPS II > Summary A brief primer on

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 14 Hints for WISPs / ALPs? > Is the universe more transparent to TeV photons than predicted? > Do stars cool down too fast? > Is there a Cosmic Axion-like-particle Background (CAB)? > There are allowed regions in parameter space where an ALP can simultaneously explain the gamma ray transparency, the cooling of HB stars, and the soft X-ray excess from Coma and be a subdominant contribution to CDM. PhenomenonALP mass [eV] ALP-  coupl. [GeV -1 ] Reference TeV transparency< > arXiv: [astro-ph.HE] Globular cluster stars (HB) < 10 4  5· arXiv: [astro-ph.SR] CAB (Coma Cluster)< to arXiv: [hep-ph] White dwarfs< (g ae  5· ) arXiv: [astro-ph.SR]

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 15 Excluded by astronomy (ass. ALP DM) Excluded by astrophysics / cosmology Axions or ALPs being cold dark matter WISP hints from astrophysics QCD axion range Excluded by WISP experiments The big picture: ALPs ALP mass Two photon coupling excluded ALP dark matter Astrophysics hints

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 16 The big picture: ALPs Particular interesting: > ALP-photon couplings around GeV -1, masses below 1 meV. This can be probed by the next generation of experiments. DOI: /j.dark e-Print: arXiv: [hep-ph] /j.dark arXiv: QCD axion range Excluded by WISP experiments Excluded by astronomy (ass. ALP DM) Excluded by astrophysics / cosmology Axions or ALPs being cold dark matter WISP hints from astrophysics Sensitivity of next generation WISP exp.

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 17 > Why are we looking for WISPs > Indications for WISPs? > Searches for WISPs > Plans for WISPs at DESY: ALPS II > Summary A brief primer on

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 18 Dark matter (DM) search strategies: WISPs > Direct: an experiment detects particles of the DM halo all around us. > Indirect: an experiment finds astrophysical signatures (next to gravitation) of the DM halo particles. > Candidates: an experiment identifies new particles which are candidates for the constituents of the DM halo.

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 19 Dark matter (DM) search strategies: WISPs > Direct: an experiment detects particles of the DM halo all around us. > Indirect: an experiment finds astrophysical signatures (next to gravitation) of the DM halo particles. > Candidates: an experiment identifies new particles which are candidates for the constituents of the DM halo. DM converts to photons Signatures for Bose-Einstein condensation of DM WISPs pass any shielding

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 20 Dark matter (DM) search strategies: WISPs > Direct: an experiment detects particles of the DM halo all around us. > Indirect: an experiment finds astrophysical signatures (next to gravitation) of the DM halo particles. > Candidates: an experiment identifies new particles which are candidates for the constituents of the DM halo. DM converts to photons Signatures for Bose-Einstein condensation of DM WISPs pass any shielding

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 21 Searching for WISPs Weakly Interacting Slim Particles (WISPs) are searched for by > Purely laboratory experiments (“light-shining-through-walls”) optical photons, > Helioscopes (WISPs emitted by the sun), X-rays.

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 22 Searching for WISPs Weakly Interacting Slim Particles (WISPs) are searched for by > Purely laboratory experiments (“light-shining-through-walls”) optical photons, > Helioscopes (WISPs emitted by the sun), X-rays. g a , J P, m (estimation) flux·g a , J (P), m (estimation)

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 23 Helioscopes helioscope.html

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 24 CAST: the dominating helioscope > “Just” point a magnet to the sun! Axions or ALPs from the center of the sun would come with X-ray energies. New J. Phys. 11 (2009)

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 25 > LHC prototype magnet pointing to the sun. > Most sensitive experiment searching for axion-like particles.  Unfortunately no hints for WISPs yet.  If a WISP is found, it would be compatible with known solar physics! CAST: the dominating helioscope

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 26 IAXO proposal > The International Axion Observatory  CAST principle with dramatically enlarging the aperture  Use of toroid magnet similar to LHC  X-ray optics similar to satellite experiments.

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 27 Laboratory experiments

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 28 > Why are we looking for WISPs > Indications for WISPs? > Searches for WISPs > Plans for WISPs at DESY: ALPS II > Summary A brief primer on

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 29 DESY in Hamburg ALPS I PETRA III CFEL FLASH European XFEL ALPS II in the HERA tunnel? PETRA III-Extension FLASH II CSSB MPI

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 30 ALPS I at DESY in Hamburg Any Light Particle DESY: ALPS I Approved in 2007, concluded in 2010

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 31 ALPS I results laser hutHERA dipoledetector 3.5· /s < /s (PLB Vol. 689 (2010), 149, or > Unfortunately, no light was shining through the wall! > The most sensitive WISP search experiment in the laboratory (up to 2014).

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 32 Prospects for ALPS DESY > Laser with optical cavity to recycle laser power, switch from 532 nm to 1064 nm, increase effective power from 1 to 150 kW. > Magnet: upgrade to straightened HERA dipoles instead of ½+½ used for ALPS I. > Regeneration cavity to increase WISP-photon conversions, single photon counter (superconducting transition edge sensor). laser hut HERA dipole detector All set up in a clean environment!

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 33 ALPS II essentials: laser & optics ALPS I: basis of success was the optical resonator in front of the wall. > ALPS IIa Optical resonator to increase effective light flux by recycling the laser power Optical resonator to increase the conversion probability WISP→  First realization of a 24 year old proposal!

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 34 ALPS II is realized in stages ALPS I > ALPS IIa > ALPS IIc

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 35 The ALPS II challenge > Photon regeneration probability: > ALPS II:  F PC = 5000, F RC = (power build-up in the optical resonators)  B = 5.3 T, l = 88 m P  = 6· for g= GeV -1 resp. 6· for g= GeV -1  With a laser power of 35 W (1064 nm): expected photon rates: dn/dt = 30 h -1 for g= GeV -1 resp. 3 month -1 for g= GeV -1 > ALPS II will probe the ALP region indicated by astrophysics phenomena.

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 36 ALPS II optics Production cavity, infraredRegeneraton cavity, locked with green light. Wall

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 37 ALPS II optics Production cavity, infraredRegeneraton cavity, locked with green light. Wall

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 38 ALPS II optics Production cavity, infraredRegeneraton cavity, locked with green light. Wall Six Ph.D. theses! At least. See Jan’s presentation.

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 39 The photon source The laser has been developed for LIGO: 35 W, 1064 nm, M 2 <1.1 based on 2 W NPRO by Innolight/Mephisto (Nd:YAG (neodymium- doped yttrium aluminium garnet)

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 40 The central optics 0,0006 mm

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 41 The central optics breadboard 0,001 mm 0,0006 mm 0,0004 mm See Jan’s presentation.

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 42 ALPS II detector Transition Edge Sensor (TES)

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 43 ALPS II detector Transition Edge Sensor (TES)

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 44 ALPS II detector Transition Edge Sensor (TES)

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 45 ALPS II detector Transition Edge Sensor (TES) > Expectation: very high quantum efficiency, also at 1064 nm, very low noise.

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 46 ALPS II: Transition Edge Sensor (TES) 25 x 25 µm 2

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 47 ALPS II: Transition Edge Sensor (TES) 25 x 25 µm 2 8 µm

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 48 ALPS II: Transition Edge Sensor (TES) > Tungsten film kept at the transition to superconductivity at 80 mK. > Sensor size 25 µm x 25 µm x 20nm. > Single 1066 nm photon pulses! > Energy resolution  8%. > Dark background counts/second. > Ongoing: background studies, optimize fibers, minimize background from ambient thermal photons.

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 49 ALPS II: Transition Edge Sensor (TES) > Tungsten film kept at the transition to superconductivity at 80 mK. > Sensor size 25 µm x 25 µm x 20nm. > Single 1066 nm photon pulses! > Energy resolution  8%. > Dark background counts/second. > Ongoing: background studies, optimize fibers, minimize background from ambient thermal photons. Four Ph.D. theses! At least.

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page ALPS II schedule (rough) ALPS IIa risk assessments ALPS IIc Install. Runs ALPS IIc in 2018 in the HERA tunnel Closure of the LINAC tunnel of the European XFEL under construction at DESY. (without magnets) ALPS IIa today

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page ALPS II schedule (rough) ALPS IIa risk assessments ALPS IIc Install. Runs ALPS IIc in 2018 in the HERA tunnel Closure of the LINAC tunnel of the European XFEL under construction at DESY. (without magnets) ALPS IIa today Option for an intermediate stage at CERN?

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 52 The axion-like particle landscape

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 53 ALPS II sensitivity > Well beyond current limits. > Aim for data taking in > QCD axions not in reach. > Able to probe hints from astrophysics. > The ALPS optics+detector combined with two LHC- dipoles could reach (9T·14.3m) / (10·5.3T·8.8m) = 30% of the ALPS II sensitivity allowing to just surpass CAST (if we are lucky). ALPS II

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 54 The ALPS collaboration ALPS II is a joint effort of > DESY, > Hamburg University, > AEI Hannover (MPG & Hannover Uni.), > Mainz University, > University of Florida (Gainesville) with strong support from > neoLASE, PTB Berlin, NIST (Boulder).

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 55 Summary > The axion “invented” to explain the CP-conservation in QCD is also a perfect and extremely lightweight cold dark matter candidate. > In addition to axions theory predicts axion-like particles (ALPs) as well as other Weakly Interacting Slim Particles (WISPs).  Such ALPs and other WISPs might also constitute the dark matter.  Astrophysics phenomena might point at the existence of WISPs. > Experiments like ALPS II have sufficient sensitivity to discover axion-like particles or other WISPs. > New ideas for dark matter experiments are being tested. > Small scale and short term WISP experiments offer a fascinating complement to accelerator based “big science”. > There is plenty of room for new ideas and quick experiments having the potential to change the (particle physicist’s) world!

Axel Lindner | ALPS II Status | CERN – | Page 56 BSM physics might hide anywhere!