1. Search for Solar Axions: CAST
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Lakić, Biljana, Andriamonje, S., Aune, S., Autiero, D., Avignone, F., Barth, K., Belov, A., Beltrán, B., Bräuninger, H., Carmona, J.M., Cebrián, S., Chesi, E., Collar, J.I., Creswick, R., Dafni, T., Davenport, M., Di Lella, L., Eleftheriadis, C., Englhauser, J., Fanourakis, G., Farach, H., Ferrer, E., Fischer, H., Franz, J., Friedrich, P., Geralis, T., Giomataris, I., Gninenko, S., Goloubev, N., Hartmann, R., Hasinoff, M.D., Heinsius, F.H., Hoffmann, D.H.H., Irastorza, I.G., Jacoby, J., Kang, D., Königsmann, K., Kotthaus, R., Krčmar, Milica, Kousouris, K., Kuster, M., Lasseur, C., Liolios, A., Ljubičić, Ante, Lutz, G., Luzón, G., Miller, D.W, Morales, A., Morales, J., Ortiz, A., Papaevangelou, T., Placci, A., Raffelt, G., Ruz, J., Riege, H., Sarsa, M.L., Savvidis, I., Serpico, P., Semertzidis, Y., Stewart, L., Vieira, J.D., Villar, J., Walckiers, L., Zachariadou, K., and Zioutas, K.
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Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors ,Physics ,High Energy Physics::Phenomenology ,solar axions ,axion-photon coupling - Abstract
The CERN Axion Solar Telescope (CAST) is searching for axions produced in the Sun´s core by the Primakoff process. CAST is using a decommissioned Large Hadron Collider (LHC) test magnet where axions could be converted back into X-rays with energies up to 10 keV. Analysis of the 2003 data showed no signal above background implying an upper limit for the axion-photon coupling constant g_(a gamma) < 1.16 × 10^(-10) GeV^(-1) at 95% C.L. for m_a < = 0.02 eV [1]. The higher quality 2004 data is presently under analysis. CAST Phase II is scheduled to start in late 2005. This will be the first step in extending CAST´s sensitivity to axion rest masses up to 1 eV.
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- 2007