Axion Haloscope: Dark Matter Resonant Cavity Search
Interactive 3D axion haloscope: tune a resonant microwave cavity through a strong magnetic field and scan for the Primakoff-converted photon signal of dark-matter axions, with live TM010 mode field, resonant frequency, axion mass and SNR readouts.
This simulator models an axion haloscope experiment in the style of ADMX: a resonant microwave cavity sitting inside a powerful superconducting magnet, tuned by moving a dielectric rod, searching for the faint photon signal predicted if dark-matter axions convert via the inverse Primakoff effect. Sliders for magnet field, rod position and loaded quality factor drive a real 3D render of the cavity's TM₀₁₀ Bessel-profile field, while live readouts convert the current resonant frequency into an equivalent axion mass, compute the expected signal power from the standard haloscope formula, and estimate signal-to-noise against the thermal noise floor. Start a scan to sweep the tuning rod automatically and watch the spectrum plot for the narrow excess that marks a candidate detection.
Tune a resonant microwave cavity inside a strong magnetic field and scan for the Primakoff-converted photon signal of dark-matter axions, with a live 3D TM010 mode field, resonant frequency, equivalent axion mass and signal-to-noise readouts.
3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install