WISPDMX: A haloscope for WISP Dark Matter between 0.8-2 $\mu$eV

Understand

Weakly interactive slim particles (WISPs), including the QCD axion, axion-like particles (ALPs), and hidden photons, are considered to be strong candidates for the dark matter carrier particle.

• The microwave cavity experiment WISPDMX is the first direct WISP dark matter search experiment probing the particle masses in the 0.8-2.0 $\mu$eV range.
• The first stage of WISPDMX measurements has been completed at nominal resonant frequencies of the cavity.
• The second stage of WISPDMX is presently being prepared, targeting hidden photons and axions within 60\% of the entire 0.8-2.0 $\mu$eV mass range.