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Title: Search for Sub-eV Mass Solar Axions by the CERN Axion Solar Telescope with {sup 3}He Buffer Gas

Abstract

The CERN Axion Solar Telescope (CAST) has extended its search for solar axions by using {sup 3}He as a buffer gas. At T=1.8 K this allows for larger pressure settings and hence sensitivity to higher axion masses than our previous measurements with {sup 4}He. With about 1 h of data taking at each of 252 different pressure settings we have scanned the axion mass range 0.39 eV < or approx. m{sub a} < or approx. 0.64 eV. From the absence of excess x rays when the magnet was pointing to the Sun we set a typical upper limit on the axion-photon coupling of g{sub a}{gamma} < or approx. 2.3x10{sup -10} GeV{sup -1} at 95% C.L., the exact value depending on the pressure setting. Kim-Shifman-Vainshtein-Zakharov axions are excluded at the upper end of our mass range, the first time ever for any solar axion search. In the future we will extend our search to m{sub a} < or approx. 1.15 eV, comfortably overlapping with cosmological hot dark matter bounds.

Authors:
; ; ;  [1]; ; ; ;  [2]; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;  [3]; ;  [4];  [5]
  1. Dogus University, Istanbul (Turkey)
  2. IRFU, Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Saclay (CEA-Saclay), Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
  3. European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneve (Switzerland)
  4. Institute for Nuclear Research (INR), Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (Russian Federation)
  5. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Extraterrestrische Physik, Garching (Germany)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
21612571
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Physical Review Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 107; Journal Issue: 26; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.261302; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; AXIONS; CERN; EV RANGE 01-10; HELIUM 3; HELIUM 4; MASS; NONLUMINOUS MATTER; PHOTONS; SOLAR PARTICLES; SUN; TELESCOPES; BOSONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; EV RANGE; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; GOLDSTONE BOSONS; HELIUM ISOTOPES; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MAIN SEQUENCE STARS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MATTER; NUCLEI; POSTULATED PARTICLES; RADIATIONS; SOLAR RADIATION; STABLE ISOTOPES; STARS; STELLAR RADIATION

Citation Formats

Arik, M, Cetin, S A, Ezer, C, Yildiz, S C, Aune, S, Ferrer-Ribas, E, Giomataris, I, Papaevangelou, T, Barth, K, Borghi, S, Davenport, M, Elias, N, Haug, F, Laurent, J M, Niinikoski, T, Silva, P S, Stewart, L, Belov, A, Gninenko, S, and Braeuninger, H. Search for Sub-eV Mass Solar Axions by the CERN Axion Solar Telescope with {sup 3}He Buffer Gas. United States: N. p., 2011. Web. doi:10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.107.261302.
Arik, M, Cetin, S A, Ezer, C, Yildiz, S C, Aune, S, Ferrer-Ribas, E, Giomataris, I, Papaevangelou, T, Barth, K, Borghi, S, Davenport, M, Elias, N, Haug, F, Laurent, J M, Niinikoski, T, Silva, P S, Stewart, L, Belov, A, Gninenko, S, & Braeuninger, H. Search for Sub-eV Mass Solar Axions by the CERN Axion Solar Telescope with {sup 3}He Buffer Gas. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.107.261302
Arik, M, Cetin, S A, Ezer, C, Yildiz, S C, Aune, S, Ferrer-Ribas, E, Giomataris, I, Papaevangelou, T, Barth, K, Borghi, S, Davenport, M, Elias, N, Haug, F, Laurent, J M, Niinikoski, T, Silva, P S, Stewart, L, Belov, A, Gninenko, S, and Braeuninger, H. 2011. "Search for Sub-eV Mass Solar Axions by the CERN Axion Solar Telescope with {sup 3}He Buffer Gas". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.107.261302.
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title = {Search for Sub-eV Mass Solar Axions by the CERN Axion Solar Telescope with {sup 3}He Buffer Gas},
author = {Arik, M and Cetin, S A and Ezer, C and Yildiz, S C and Aune, S and Ferrer-Ribas, E and Giomataris, I and Papaevangelou, T and Barth, K and Borghi, S and Davenport, M and Elias, N and Haug, F and Laurent, J M and Niinikoski, T and Silva, P S and Stewart, L and Belov, A and Gninenko, S and Braeuninger, H},
abstractNote = {The CERN Axion Solar Telescope (CAST) has extended its search for solar axions by using {sup 3}He as a buffer gas. At T=1.8 K this allows for larger pressure settings and hence sensitivity to higher axion masses than our previous measurements with {sup 4}He. With about 1 h of data taking at each of 252 different pressure settings we have scanned the axion mass range 0.39 eV < or approx. m{sub a} < or approx. 0.64 eV. From the absence of excess x rays when the magnet was pointing to the Sun we set a typical upper limit on the axion-photon coupling of g{sub a}{gamma} < or approx. 2.3x10{sup -10} GeV{sup -1} at 95% C.L., the exact value depending on the pressure setting. Kim-Shifman-Vainshtein-Zakharov axions are excluded at the upper end of our mass range, the first time ever for any solar axion search. In the future we will extend our search to m{sub a} < or approx. 1.15 eV, comfortably overlapping with cosmological hot dark matter bounds.},
doi = {10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.107.261302},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/21612571}, journal = {Physical Review Letters},
issn = {0031-9007},
number = 26,
volume = 107,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Dec 23 00:00:00 EST 2011},
month = {Fri Dec 23 00:00:00 EST 2011}
}

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