Search for solar axions by the CERN axion solar telescope with 3He buffer gas: closing the hot dark matter gap

Search for solar axions by the CERN axion solar telescope with 3He buffer gas: closing the hot dark matter gap

The CERN Axion Solar Telescope has finished its search for solar axions with (3)He buffer gas, covering the search range 0.64 eV ≲ ma ≲ 1.17 eV. This closes the gap to the cosmological hot dark matter limit and actually overlaps with it. From the absence of excess x rays when the magnet was pointing...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physical review letters 2014-03, Vol.112 (9), p.091302-091302
Hauptverfasser: Arik, M, Aune, S, Barth, K, Belov, A, Borghi, S, Bräuninger, H, Cantatore, G, Carmona, J M, Cetin, S A, Collar, J I, Da Riva, E, Dafni, T, Davenport, M, Eleftheriadis, C, Elias, N, Fanourakis, G, Ferrer-Ribas, E, Friedrich, P, Galán, J, García, J A, Gardikiotis, A, Garza, J G, Gazis, E N, Geralis, T, Georgiopoulou, E, Giomataris, I, Gninenko, S, Gómez, H, Gómez Marzoa, M, Gruber, E, Guthörl, T, Hartmann, R, Hauf, S, Haug, F, Hasinoff, M D, Hoffmann, D H H, Iguaz, F J, Irastorza, I G, Jacoby, J, Jakovčić, K, Karuza, M, Königsmann, K, Kotthaus, R, Krčmar, M, Kuster, M, Lakić, B, Lang, P M, Laurent, J M, Liolios, A, Ljubičić, A, Luzón, G, Neff, S, Niinikoski, T, Nordt, A, Papaevangelou, T, Pivovaroff, M J, Raffelt, G, Riege, H, Rodríguez, A, Rosu, M, Ruz, J, Savvidis, I, Shilon, I, Silva, P S, Solanki, S K, Stewart, L, Tomás, A, Tsagri, M, van Bibber, K, Vafeiadis, T, Villar, J, Vogel, J K, Yildiz, S C, Zioutas, K
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Zusammenfassung:The CERN Axion Solar Telescope has finished its search for solar axions with (3)He buffer gas, covering the search range 0.64 eV ≲ ma ≲ 1.17 eV. This closes the gap to the cosmological hot dark matter limit and actually overlaps with it. From the absence of excess x rays when the magnet was pointing to the Sun we set a typical upper limit on the axion-photon coupling of gaγ ≲ 3.3 × 10(-10)  GeV(-1) at 95% C.L., with the exact value depending on the pressure setting. Future direct solar axion searches will focus on increasing the sensitivity to smaller values of gaγ, for example by the currently discussed next generation helioscope International AXion Observatory.
ISSN:1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.091302