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Title: Search for axioelectric effect of solar axions using BGO scintillating bolometer

Journal Article · · European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields
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  1. St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Inst., Gatchina (Russia)
  2. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Milano (Italy); Univ. di Milano (Italy). Dipartimento di Fisica
  3. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), L'aquila (Italy). Lab. Nazionali del Gran Sasso (INFN-LNGS), Gran Sasso Science Inst.
  4. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), L'aquila (Italy). Lab. Nazionali del Gran Sasso (INFN-LNGS)
  5. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  6. National Inst. of Nuclear Physics (INFN), Rome (Italy); Univ. di Roma La Sapienza, Rome (Italy)
  7. St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Inst., Gatchina (Russia); National Inst. of Nuclear Physics (INFN), L'Aquila (Italy). Gran Sasso Science Inst.

Here, a search for axioelectric absorption of solar axions produced in the p+d→3He+γ (5.5 MeV) reaction has been performed with a BGO detector placed in a low-background setup. A model-independent limit on the combination of axion–nucleon and axion–electron coupling constants has been obtained: |gAe x g$$3\atop{AN}$$| for 90 % confidence level. The constraint of the axion–electron coupling constant has been obtained for hadronic axion with masses of (0.1–1) MeV: |gAe| ≤ (0.96 - 8.2) x 10-8.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231; 13- 02-01199; 13-02-12140-ofi-m
OSTI ID:
1409412
Journal Information:
European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields, Vol. 74, Issue 9; ISSN 1434-6044
Publisher:
SpringerCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 5 works
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