Experimental Limit on Optical-Photon Coupling to Light 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:956058

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

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.120401<br /> 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 meV (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.

• Research Organization: Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-060R23177
• OSTI ID: 956058
• Report Number(s): JLAB-FEL-08-740; DOE/OR/23177-0489; PRLTAO; TRN: US1004856
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 101; ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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