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Title: Search for solar axion emission from {sup 7}Li and D(p, γ){sup 3}He nuclear decays with the CAST γ-ray calorimeter

Abstract

We present the results of a search for a high-energy axion emission signal from {sup 7}Li (0.478 MeV) and D(p, γ){sup 3}He (5.5 MeV) nuclear transitions using a low-background γ-ray calorimeter during Phase I of the CAST experiment. These so-called ''hadronic axions'' could provide a solution to the long-standing strong-CP problem and can be emitted from the solar core from nuclear M1 transitions. This is the first such search for high-energy pseudoscalar bosons with couplings to nucleons conducted using a helioscope approach. No excess signal above background was found.

Authors:
; ; ;  [1]; ; ; ;  [2];  [3]; ; ;  [4]; ; ;  [5];  [6];  [7];  [8]; ;
  1. DAPNIA, Centre d'Études Nucléaires de Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
  2. European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN),CH-1211 Genève 23 (Switzerland)
  3. Institute for Nuclear Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (Russian Federation)
  4. Instituto de Física Nuclear y Altas Energías, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza (Spain)
  5. Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Giessenbachstrasse, 85748 Garching (Germany)
  6. Enrico Fermi Institute and KICP, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (United States)
  7. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki (Greece)
  8. National Center for Scientific Research ''Demokritos'', Athens (Greece)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22272838
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 2010; Journal Issue: 03; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1475-7516
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; 79 ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; ASTROPHYSICS; AXIONS; CP INVARIANCE; DEUTERIUM TARGET; GAMMA DETECTION; HELIUM 3; LITHIUM 7; M1-TRANSITIONS; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; MEV RANGE; NUCLEAR DECAY; PROTON REACTIONS; SHOWER COUNTERS

Citation Formats

Andriamonje, S., Aune, S., Dafni, T., Ferrer-Ribas, E., Autiero, D., Barth, K., Davenport, M., Lella, L. Di, Belov, A., Beltrán, B., Carmona, J. M., Cebrián, S., Bräuninger, H., Englhauser, J., Friedrich, P., Collar, J. I., Eleftheriadis, C., Fanourakis, G., Fischer, H., Franz, J., E-mail: David.Miller@slac.stanford.edu, Collaboration: CAST collaboration, and others, and. Search for solar axion emission from {sup 7}Li and D(p, γ){sup 3}He nuclear decays with the CAST γ-ray calorimeter. United States: N. p., 2010. Web. doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2010/03/032.
Andriamonje, S., Aune, S., Dafni, T., Ferrer-Ribas, E., Autiero, D., Barth, K., Davenport, M., Lella, L. Di, Belov, A., Beltrán, B., Carmona, J. M., Cebrián, S., Bräuninger, H., Englhauser, J., Friedrich, P., Collar, J. I., Eleftheriadis, C., Fanourakis, G., Fischer, H., Franz, J., E-mail: David.Miller@slac.stanford.edu, Collaboration: CAST collaboration, & others, and. Search for solar axion emission from {sup 7}Li and D(p, γ){sup 3}He nuclear decays with the CAST γ-ray calorimeter. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2010/03/032
Andriamonje, S., Aune, S., Dafni, T., Ferrer-Ribas, E., Autiero, D., Barth, K., Davenport, M., Lella, L. Di, Belov, A., Beltrán, B., Carmona, J. M., Cebrián, S., Bräuninger, H., Englhauser, J., Friedrich, P., Collar, J. I., Eleftheriadis, C., Fanourakis, G., Fischer, H., Franz, J., E-mail: David.Miller@slac.stanford.edu, Collaboration: CAST collaboration, and others, and. 2010. "Search for solar axion emission from {sup 7}Li and D(p, γ){sup 3}He nuclear decays with the CAST γ-ray calorimeter". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2010/03/032.
@article{osti_22272838,
title = {Search for solar axion emission from {sup 7}Li and D(p, γ){sup 3}He nuclear decays with the CAST γ-ray calorimeter},
author = {Andriamonje, S. and Aune, S. and Dafni, T. and Ferrer-Ribas, E. and Autiero, D. and Barth, K. and Davenport, M. and Lella, L. Di and Belov, A. and Beltrán, B. and Carmona, J. M. and Cebrián, S. and Bräuninger, H. and Englhauser, J. and Friedrich, P. and Collar, J. I. and Eleftheriadis, C. and Fanourakis, G. and Fischer, H. and Franz, J., E-mail: David.Miller@slac.stanford.edu and Collaboration: CAST collaboration and others, and},
abstractNote = {We present the results of a search for a high-energy axion emission signal from {sup 7}Li (0.478 MeV) and D(p, γ){sup 3}He (5.5 MeV) nuclear transitions using a low-background γ-ray calorimeter during Phase I of the CAST experiment. These so-called ''hadronic axions'' could provide a solution to the long-standing strong-CP problem and can be emitted from the solar core from nuclear M1 transitions. This is the first such search for high-energy pseudoscalar bosons with couplings to nucleons conducted using a helioscope approach. No excess signal above background was found.},
doi = {10.1088/1475-7516/2010/03/032},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22272838}, journal = {Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics},
issn = {1475-7516},
number = 03,
volume = 2010,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2010},
month = {Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2010}
}