New Experimental limit on Optical Photon Coupling to Neutral, Scalar Bosons

Afanaciev, Andrei; Afanasev, Andrei; Afanaciev, Andrei; Afanasev, Andrei; Baker, O; Beard, Kevin; Biallas, George; Boyce, James; Minarni, Minarni; Ramdon, Roopchan; Shinn, Michelle D; Slocum, P

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.120401

Title: New Experimental limit on Optical Photon Coupling to Neutral, Scalar Bosons

Journal Article · Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2008 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.120401· OSTI ID:955959

Afanaciev, Andrei; Afanasev, Andrei; Afanaciev, Andrei; Afanasev, Andrei; Baker, O; Beard, Kevin; Biallas, George; Boyce, James; Minarni, Minarni; Ramdon, Roopchan; Shinn, Michelle D; Slocum, P

We report on the first results of a sensitive search for scalar coupling of photons to a light neutral boson in the mass range of approximately 1.0 milli-electron volts and coupling strength greater than 10$^-6$ GeV$^-1$ using optical photons. This was a photon regeneration experiment using the "light shining through a wall" technique in which laser light was passed through a strong magnetic field upstream of an optical beam dump; regenerated laser light was then searched for downstream of a second magnetic field region optically shielded from the former. Our results show no evidence for scalar coupling in this region of parameter space.

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Research Organization:: Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-060R23177

OSTI ID:: 955959

Report Number(s):: JLAB-FEL-08-738; arXiv:0806.2631; DOE/OR/23177-0407; PRLTAO; TRN: US1004821

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 101; ISSN 0031-9007

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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