Speaker
Pascal PRALAVORIO
(CPPM, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS/IN2P3)
Description
MADMAX, the MAgnetized Disc and Mirror Axion eXperiment, will use a novel dielectric haloscope concept to detect dark matter axions in a mass range around 100 mueV through axion-photon conversion in the presence of a strong magnetic field. I'll present the status of ongoing R&D on the detector design, in particular on the booster and piezo motors needed to scan the mass range. Preliminary results from prototype boosters, operated at cold or in CERN's 1.6T MORPURGO dipole magnet in Spring 2022 and 2023, will be discussed.
Authors
Fabrice Hubaut
(CPPM, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS/IN2P3)
Pascal PRALAVORIO
(CPPM, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS/IN2P3)