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Indirect signatures for axion(-like) particles

Authors :
Th. Papaevangelou
Dieter Hoffmann
S.E. Tzamarias
Biljana Lakić
S. Orlando
Yannis K. Semertzidis
Juhani Huovelin
Osmi Vilhu
Konstantin Zioutas
A. Ortiz
Konrad Dennerl
Manuel Grande
Source :
Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 39:103-106
Publication Year :
2006
Publisher :
IOP Publishing, 2006.

Abstract

Magnetic field dependent transient solar observations are suggestive for axion-photon oscillations with light axion(-like) particle involvement. Novel dark-moon measurements with the SMART X-ray detectors can be conclusive for radiatively decaying massive exotica like the generic solar Kaluza-Klein axions. Furthermore, the predicted intrinsic strong solar magnetic fields could be the reason of enhanced low energy axion production. Such an axion component could be the as yet unknown origin of the strong quiet Sun X-ray luminosity at energies below 1 keV. Solar axion telescopes should lower their threshold, aiming to copy processes that might occur near the solar surface, be it due to spontaneous or magnetically induced radiative decay of axion(-like) particles. This is motivated also by the recent claim of an axion-like particle detection by the laser experiment PVLAS.<br />9 pages, 2 Figures, TAUP2005 conf. proc. (extended version)

Details

ISSN :
17426596 and 17426588
Volume :
39
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....3fcf6e7aa92589c7633ae045fc266fb5
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/39/1/020