Weakly interacting sub-eV particle searches

Conference · Sun Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 2010 · AIP Conf. Proc.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3489549· OSTI ID:991119

Afanasev, A; Beard, K B; Biallas, G; Boyce, J; Hirshfield, J L; Jiang, Y; Kazakevitch, G; LaPointe, M A; Martin, A; Minarni, M; Ramdon, R; Shinn, Michelle D; Slocum, P; Szymkowiak, A

We make use of the generation-regeneration or "light shining through a wall" technique in searches for optical-wavelength photons mixing with hypothetical hidden-sector paraphotons in the mass range between 10^-5 and 10^-2 electron volts for a mixing parameter greater than 10^-7 and in sensitive searches for scalar and pseudoscalar coupling of photons to light neutral bosons in the mass range of approximately 1.0 milli-electron volts and coupling strength greater than 10^-6 GeV-1. Additionally, there is an effort underway to use photons in the microwave region using this same technique to make a more sensitive measurement in the mass range of approximately 0.1 milli-electron volts. The equipment in the latter effort will be used to search for galactic halo axions in this same mass range.

• Research Organization: Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-06OR23177
• OSTI ID: 991119
• Report Number(s): JLAB-THY-10-1221; DOE/OR/23177-1352
• Conference Information: Journal Name: AIP Conf. Proc. Journal Volume: 1274
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
AXIONS
BOSONS
ELECTRONS
PHOTONS
PSEUDOSCALARS
SCALARS