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RESEARCH PRODUCT

A machine learning algorithm for direct detection of axion-like particle domain walls

Dongok KimDerek F. Jackson KimballHector Masia-roigJoseph A. SmigaArne WickenbrockDmitry BudkerYounggeun KimYun Chang ShinYannis K. Semertzidis

subject

Space and Planetary SciencePhysics - Data Analysis Statistics and ProbabilityFOS: Physical sciencesddc:530Astronomy and AstrophysicsAstrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for AstrophysicsInstrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)Data Analysis Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)Physics::Geophysics

description

The Global Network of Optical Magnetometers for Exotic physics searches (GNOME) conducts an experimental search for certain forms of dark matter based on their spatiotemporal signatures imprinted on a global array of synchronized atomic magnetometers. The experiment described here looks for a gradient coupling of axion-like particles (ALPs) with proton spins as a signature of locally dense dark matter objects such as domain walls. In this work, stochastic optimization with machine learning is proposed for use in a search for ALP domain walls based on GNOME data. The validity and reliability of this method were verified using binary classification. The projected sensitivity of this new analysis method for ALP domain-wall crossing events is presented.

https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2110.00139