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High-frequency gravitational wave detection by the BREAD experiment

Rodolfo Capdevilla1,*, Roni Harnik1,2,†, Taegyun Kim3,4,‡, and Tom Krokotsch5,§

  • *Contact author: rcapdevi@fnal.gov
  • †Contact author: roni@fnal.gov
  • ‡Contact author: tkim12@alumni.nd.edu
  • §Contact author: tom.krokotsch@desy.de
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Phys. Rev. D 112, 035031 – Published 20 August, 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/81hh-pb55

Abstract

The use of experiments searching for light axion dark matter as high-frequency gravitational wave detectors has garnered increasing attention in recent years. We explore the capabilities of the Broadband Reflector Experiment for Axion Detection (BREAD) in probing the GW parameter space and study the directional dependence of its coverage. This detector can investigate frequencies ranging from 0.05 to 200 THz. We find that by employing single photon detectors, BREAD is sensitive to GWs with characteristic strains as low as 10−21 at 0.1 THz and 10−25 at 200 THz with a year exposure time, making it competitive with other proposals operating at similar frequencies.

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Phys. Rev. D 112, 035031– Published 20 August, 2025
  • Received 4 June 2025
  • Accepted 25 July 2025
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