Axion Dark Matter Experiment
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
2010–11
The Axion Dark Matter Experiment (ADMX) clinic project is sponsored by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to develop a piezo-electric rotary drive system.¬† This drive system will move tuning rods within a microwave cavity to adjust the cavity‘s resonant frequency as it scans for signatures of axion dark matter.¬† The system must be able to operate with heat generation on the order of 100 microwatts or less at 0.1 K in an 8 T magnetic field and 10-6 torr vacuum.
Advisor(s): Carl Baumgaertner and Richard Campbell Haskell.
Team: Maximillian Luis Gonzalez ’12, Nicole M. Crisosto ’11, Oliver R. Hoidn ’11, David A. Rolfe ’11, and Matthew A. Streshinsky ’11.