Title: Possible resonance effect of dark matter axions in SNS Josephson junctions,
Abstract: Dark matter axions can generate peculiar effects in special types of
Josephson junctions, so-called SNS junctions. One can show that the axion field
equations in a Josephson environment allow for very small oscillating
supercurrents, which manifest themselves as a tiny wiggle in the I-V curve, a
so-called Shapiro step, which occurs at a frequency given by the axion mass.
The effect is very small but perfectly measurable in modern nanotechnological
devices. In this paper I will summarize the theory and then present evidence
that candidate Shapiro steps of this type have indeed been seen in several
independent condensed matter experiments. Assuming the observed tiny Shapiro
steps are due to axion flow then these data point to an axion mass of $(106 \pm
6)\mu$eV, consistent with what is expected for the QCD axion. In addition to
the above small Shapiro resonance effects at frequencies in the GHz region one
also expects to see broad-band noise effects at much lower frequencies. Overall
this approach provides a novel pathway for the future design of new types of
axionic dark matter detectors. The resonant Josephson data summarized in this
paper are consistent with a 'vanilla' axion with a coupling constant
$f_a=\sqrt{v_{EW}m_{Pl}}=5.48 \cdot 10^{10}$GeV given by the geometric average
of the electroweak symmetry breaking scale $v_{EW}$ and the Planck mass
$m_{Pl}$.