Photoproduction of Axionlike Particles
Abstract
We explore the sensitivity of photon-beam experiments to axionlike particles (ALPs) with QCD-scale masses whose dominant coupling to the standard model is either to photons or gluons. We introduce a novel data-driven method that eliminates the need for knowledge of nuclear form factors or the photon-beam flux when considering coherent Primakoff production off a nuclear target, and show that data collected by the PrimEx experiment in 2004 could improve the sensitivity to ALPs with 0.03 ≲ ma ≲ 0.3 GeV by an order of magnitude. Furthermore, we explore the potential sensitivity of running the GlueX experiment with a nuclear target and its planned PrimEx -like calorimeter. For the case where the dominant coupling is to gluons, we study photoproduction for the first time, and predict the future sensitivity of the GlueX experiment using its nominal proton target. Finally, we set world-leading limits for both the ALP-gluon coupling and the ALP-photon coupling based on public mass plots.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1556837
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1598945
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FG02-94ER40818; SC0019999; PHY-1607611; PHY-1607225
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Volume: 123 Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; Electroweak interaction; Hypothetical particle physics models; Axions
Citation Formats
Aloni, Daniel, Fanelli, Cristiano, Soreq, Yotam, and Williams, Mike. Photoproduction of Axionlike Particles. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.071801.
Aloni, Daniel, Fanelli, Cristiano, Soreq, Yotam, & Williams, Mike. Photoproduction of Axionlike Particles. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.071801
Aloni, Daniel, Fanelli, Cristiano, Soreq, Yotam, and Williams, Mike. Mon .
"Photoproduction of Axionlike Particles". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.071801.
@article{osti_1556837,
title = {Photoproduction of Axionlike Particles},
author = {Aloni, Daniel and Fanelli, Cristiano and Soreq, Yotam and Williams, Mike},
abstractNote = {We explore the sensitivity of photon-beam experiments to axionlike particles (ALPs) with QCD-scale masses whose dominant coupling to the standard model is either to photons or gluons. We introduce a novel data-driven method that eliminates the need for knowledge of nuclear form factors or the photon-beam flux when considering coherent Primakoff production off a nuclear target, and show that data collected by the PrimEx experiment in 2004 could improve the sensitivity to ALPs with 0.03 ≲ ma ≲ 0.3 GeV by an order of magnitude. Furthermore, we explore the potential sensitivity of running the GlueX experiment with a nuclear target and its planned PrimEx -like calorimeter. For the case where the dominant coupling is to gluons, we study photoproduction for the first time, and predict the future sensitivity of the GlueX experiment using its nominal proton target. Finally, we set world-leading limits for both the ALP-gluon coupling and the ALP-photon coupling based on public mass plots.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.071801},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 7,
volume = 123,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {8}
}
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.071801
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