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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Characterization of the global network of optical magnetometers to search for exotic physics (GNOME)
Hong GuoJoseph A. SmigaTheo ScholtesChristopher PalmVincent DumontD. F. Jackson KimballVictor LebedevJason StalnakerAntoine WeisArne WickenbrockAlexander PenaflorSzymon PustelnyDmitry BudkerDmitry BudkerDmitry BudkerG. DecampZoran D. GrujićS. NixT.w. KornackHector Masia-roigWenhao LiChris PankowS. AfachXiang PengMikhail PadniukDavid Wurmsubject
PhysicsQuantum PhysicsPhysics - Instrumentation and DetectorsAtomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)010308 nuclear & particles physicsMagnetometerBandwidth (signal processing)FOS: Physical sciencesAstronomy and AstrophysicsInstrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)01 natural sciencesPhysics - Atomic Physicslaw.inventionStarsData acquisitionSpace and Planetary Sciencelaw0103 physical sciencesGlobal networkQuantum Physics (quant-ph)010306 general physicsAxionTransient signalGnomeRemote sensingdescription
The Global Network of Optical Magnetometers to search for Exotic physics (GNOME) is a network of geographically separated, time-synchronized, optically pumped atomic magnetometers that is being used to search for correlated transient signals heralding exotic physics. The GNOME is sensitive to nuclear- and electron-spin couplings to exotic fields from astrophysical sources such as compact dark-matter objects (for example, axion stars and domain walls). Properties of the GNOME sensors such as sensitivity, bandwidth, and noise characteristics are studied in the present work, and features of the network's operation (e.g., data acquisition, format, storage, and diagnostics) are described. Characterization of the GNOME is a key prerequisite to searches for and identification of exotic physics signatures.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-01-01 | Physics of the Dark Universe |