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arxiv: 2602.18392 · v2 · pith:YAO74OWInew · submitted 2026-02-20 · ✦ hep-ex · hep-ph· nucl-ex

RadioAxion results on the search for axion dark matter under Gran Sasso

Carlo Broggini , Giuseppe Di Carlo , Luca Di Luzio , Denise Piatti , Claudio Toni This is my paper

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keywords axion dark matterperiodic modulationradioisotope decayGran SassoNaI detector241Amdecay constantunderground experiment
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RadioAxion finds no periodic modulation in the decay rate of americium-241 and derives constraints on the axion decay constant from 10^{-21} to 10^{-9} eV.

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The paper reports results from the RadioAxion experiment, which monitors the alpha decay of 241Am via its 59.5 keV gamma line with a NaI detector placed underground at Gran Sasso to suppress cosmic-ray backgrounds. The central goal is to test whether axion dark matter produces detectable periodic modulations in the observed decay rate through a time-series analysis of the data. No such modulation appears in the measurements. This absence allows the authors to set limits on the axion decay constant over the stated mass range. The approach provides a new experimental channel for axion searches based on radioisotope behavior rather than direct particle detection.

Core claim

The RadioAxion experiment monitored the 59.5 keV gamma line from the alpha decay of 241Am using a NaI detector at Gran Sasso Laboratory and performed a time-series analysis on the decay rate. No evidence for a periodic modulation was observed, leading to constraints on the axion decay constant in the mass range 10^{-21} to 10^{-9} eV.

What carries the argument

Time-series analysis of the measured decay rate of 241Am to search for periodic modulations induced by axion dark matter.

If this is right

  • Upper limits are placed on the axion decay constant across the mass interval from 10^{-21} to 10^{-9} eV.
  • The underground location reduces cosmic-ray-induced systematics in the decay monitoring.
  • Radioisotope decay rates serve as a probe for possible axion interactions with nuclear processes.
  • The method yields first results that can be compared with other axion search techniques.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Extending the observation period or using additional radioisotopes could tighten the mass coverage or sensitivity.
  • The technique might be adapted to test related dark matter candidates that couple to nuclear decays.
  • Cross-checks with surface-based decay monitors could isolate any residual environmental effects.

Load-bearing premise

Any axion dark matter signal would produce a detectable periodic modulation in the observed decay rate distinguishable from background.

What would settle it

A statistically significant periodic modulation in the 241Am decay rate at a frequency matching an axion mass in the probed range would contradict the reported null result.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2602.18392 by Carlo Broggini, Claudio Toni, Denise Piatti, Giuseppe Di Carlo, Luca Di Luzio.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: FIG. 1. Schematic (not to scale) of the RadioAxion setup installed at the Gran Sasso Laboratory. A 3 [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p002_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: FIG. 4. Constraints on the axion decay constant as a function of the axion mass. The exclusion limits derived in [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p005_4.png] view at source ↗
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We report first results from RadioAxion, an underground experiment searching for axion dark matter through periodic modulations of radioisotope decays. We monitor the $\alpha$ decay of ${^{241}}$Am via its $59.5$ keV $\gamma$ line using a NaI detector installed at the Gran Sasso Laboratory, where cosmic-ray-induced systematics are strongly suppressed. We present the measured spectra and the corresponding time-series analysis. No evidence for a periodic modulation is observed. From these data we derive constraints on the axion decay constant in the axion mass range from $10^{-21}$ to $10^{-9}$ eV.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript reports first results from the RadioAxion experiment at Gran Sasso, which monitors the alpha decay of 241Am via its 59.5 keV gamma line using a NaI detector. It presents the measured spectra and time-series analysis, states that no evidence for a periodic modulation is observed, and derives constraints on the axion decay constant for axion masses in the range 10^{-21} to 10^{-9} eV.

Significance. If the analysis holds, the work introduces a novel channel for ultra-light axion dark matter searches via decay-rate modulations in an underground low-background environment; the choice of Gran Sasso for cosmic-ray suppression is a clear experimental strength. The claimed mass range is broad and the null-result approach is falsifiable in principle, but the overall significance is tempered by the absence of documented validation for the signal model.

major comments (1)
  1. Abstract (time-series analysis paragraph): the central claim of no observed periodic modulation and the derived constraints on the axion decay constant rest on the assumption that any axion-induced variation appears as a distinguishable periodic signal at the Compton frequency. The manuscript supplies no information on the statistical method (Fourier, likelihood, or periodogram), the mapping from signal amplitude to f_a, coherence-time treatment across 10^{-21}–10^{-9} eV, or the limit-setting procedure. This is load-bearing; without these elements the translation from “no modulation observed” to quantitative bounds on f_a cannot be verified.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their review and for highlighting the need for greater transparency in the analysis methods. We address the comment below and will revise the manuscript to supply the requested details.

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  1. Referee: Abstract (time-series analysis paragraph): the central claim of no observed periodic modulation and the derived constraints on the axion decay constant rest on the assumption that any axion-induced variation appears as a distinguishable periodic signal at the Compton frequency. The manuscript supplies no information on the statistical method (Fourier, likelihood, or periodogram), the mapping from signal amplitude to f_a, coherence-time treatment across 10^{-21}–10^{-9} eV, or the limit-setting procedure. This is load-bearing; without these elements the translation from “no modulation observed” to quantitative bounds on f_a cannot be verified.

    Authors: We agree that the submitted manuscript does not provide explicit information on the statistical method, amplitude-to-f_a mapping, coherence-time treatment, or limit-setting procedure. We will revise the manuscript to include these elements, either by expanding the abstract or adding a dedicated methods paragraph that describes the time-series analysis, the handling of coherence time across the quoted mass range, the conversion from observed modulation amplitude to the axion decay constant, and the procedure used to set quantitative bounds from the null result. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: experimental null result from direct time-series data

full rationale

The paper collects underground NaI spectra of 241Am alpha decays, performs time-series analysis on the count rate, reports no periodic modulation, and converts the null result into limits on fa. No equations, parameters, or claims reduce to self-definition, fitted inputs renamed as predictions, or load-bearing self-citations. The analysis chain is external-data-driven and does not contain any of the enumerated circular patterns.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 1 axioms · 0 invented entities

Based solely on the abstract, the central claim rests on the experimental null result and the domain assumption linking axions to decay modulations. No specific fitted parameters or invented entities are detailed in the provided text.

axioms (1)
  • domain assumption Axion dark matter induces periodic modulations in radioactive decay rates
    This theoretical link is required to interpret the null result as a constraint on axion properties.

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