# Scalar Dark Matter in the Radio-Frequency Band: Atomic-Spectroscopy Search Results.

@article{Antypas2019ScalarDM,
title={Scalar Dark Matter in the Radio-Frequency Band: Atomic-Spectroscopy Search Results.},
author={Dionysios Antypas and O. Tretiak and Antoine Garcon and R. Ozeri and Gilad Perez and Dmitry Budker},
journal={Physical review letters},
year={2019},
volume={123 14},
pages={
141102
}
}
• Published 8 May 2019
• Physics
• Physical review letters
Among the prominent candidates for dark matter are bosonic fields with small scalar couplings to the standard-model particles. Several techniques are employed to search for such couplings, and the current best constraints are derived from tests of gravity or atomic probes. In experiments employing atoms, observables would arise from expected dark-matter-induced oscillations in the fundamental constants of nature. These studies are primarily sensitive to underlying particle masses below 10^{-14…

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