Limits on the production of light scalar and pseudoscalar particles

Journal Article · Mon Jun 18 04:00:00 EDT 1990 · Physical Review Letters; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.64.2988· OSTI ID:6718458

Semertzidis, Y; Cameron, R; Cantatore, G; Melissinos, A C; Rogers, J ^[1]; Halama, H; Prodell, A ^[2]; Nezrick, F ^[3]; Rizzo, C ^[4]; Zavattini, E ^[5]

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1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY (USA)
2. Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY (USA)
3. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL (USA)
4. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione Trieste, 34127 Trieste (Italy)
5. Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Trieste, 34127 Trieste (Italy)

We are searching for the coherent production of light pseudoscalar or scalar particles in a 12-m optical cavity placed in a 5-T transverse magnetic field. From the level of the observed optical rotation we have set a limit on the coupling of such particles to two photons, {ital g}{sub {ital a}{gamma}{gamma}}{lt}2.5{times}10{sup {minus}6} GeV{sup {minus}1}, provided {ital m}{sub {ital a}}{approx lt}7{times}10{sup {minus}4} eV.

• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76ER13065; AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 6718458
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters; (USA), Journal Name: Physical Review Letters; (USA) Vol. 64:25; ISSN PRLTA; ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BOSONS
CAVITIES
COUPLING CONSTANTS
DATA
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
EQUIPMENT
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
HADRONS
INFORMATION
LASER RADIATION
LIMITING VALUES
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MASS
MEASURING METHODS
MESONS
NUMERICAL DATA
OPTICAL EQUIPMENT
PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS
RADIATIONS
SCALAR MESONS