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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume 116, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.031102
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- Government of Canada through Industry Canada
- Province of Ontario through the Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation
- National Science Foundation [PHYS-1316699]
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien
- Division Of Physics [1316699] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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The fine-structure constant and the electron mass in string theory are determined by the values of scalar fields called moduli. If the dark matter takes on the form of such a light modulus, it oscillates with a frequency equal to its mass and an amplitude determined by the local dark-matter density. This translates into an oscillation of the size of a solid that can be observed by resonant-mass antennas. Existing and planned experiments, combined with a dedicated resonant-mass detector proposed in this Letter, can probe dark-matter moduli with frequencies between 1 kHz and 1 GHz, with much better sensitivity than searches for fifth forces.
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