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View SchemaAxion Signal Search Using Hybrid Nuclear-Electronic Spin Systems
| Authors | Xiangjun Tan, Zhanning Wang |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | 2601.06816vv1 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.06816 |
| License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Abstract
Conventional nuclear magnetic resonance searches for the galactic axion wind lose sensitivity at low frequencies due to the unfavourable scaling of inductive readout. Here, we propose a hybrid architecture where the hyperfine interaction transduces axion-driven nuclear precession into a high-bandwidth electron-spin readout channel. We demonstrate analytically that this dispersive upconversion preserves the specific sidereal and annual modulation signatures required to distinguish dark matter signals from instrumental backgrounds. When instantiated in a silicon ${ }^{209} \text{Bi}$ donor platform, the hybrid sensor is projected to outperform direct nuclear detection by more than an order of magnitude over the $10^{-16}-10^{-6} \text{eV}$ wide mass range. With collective enhancement, the design reaches a $5 \sigma$ sensitivity to DFSZ axion-nucleon couplings within one year, establishing hyperfine-mediated sensing as a competitive path for compact, solid-state dark matter searches.
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