A Tunable Resonant Microwave Cavity for the Axion Dark Matter eXperiment
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
2012鈥�13
The LLNL Clinic Team has simulated, designed, built, and tested a large-volume, high-frequency resonant microwave cavity to be used in the Axion Dark Matter experiment (ADMX).卢鈥� Multiple conductive tuning posts within the cavity are used to manipulate the characteristic modes of the system, allowing the cavity to potentially detect axions, a possible candidate for dark matter, by tuning the cavity resonant frequency.
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Advisor(s): Richard Campbell Haskell.
Team: Jean-Claude David de Sugny ’14, Tyler A. Ochiai ’13, Jessica (Jesse) A. Streitz ’13, Rebecca Nicole Streitz ’13, and William (Will) A. Villagomez ’13.