Speaker
Stefan Knirck
(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory)
Description
We present BREAD (Broadband Reflector Experiment for Axion Detection). BREAD is a novel, scalable approach to detect meV axions using a dish antenna in high-field solenoid magnets. Several orders of axion mass around the meV range are particularly well motivated by the post-inflationary symmetry breaking scenario for the QCD axion. We present first results with BREAD prototypes, including the world's first search for axion-like particles with a dish antenna, and discuss future avenues for increasing sensitivity and mass range.
