Direct detection searches for axion dark matter

The axion is both a compelling dark matter candidate and provides an elegant solution to the strong CP problem. The axion haloscope technique has the potential to detect dark matter axions. ADMX (the Axion Dark Matter eXperiment) is an implementation of the axion haloscope technique, and has undergone a series of sensitivity-improving upgrades. With the impending addition of a dilution refrigerator, ADMX is poised to search a large region of plausible dark matter axion masses. Meanwhile, a number of other axion experimental techniques are being considered to explore other axion masses relevant to dark matter.