We report first results from a large scale search for dark matter axions. The experiment probes axion masses of 1.3-13 micro-eV at a sensitivity which is about 50 times higher than previous pilot experiments. We have already scanned part of this mass range at a sensitivity better than required to see at least one generic axion model, the KSVZ axion. Data taking at full sensitivity commenced in February 1996 and scanning the proposed mass range will require three years.
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9607022,
title = {First results from a second generation galactic axion experiment},
author = {C. Hagmann and D. Kinion and W. Stoeffl and K. van Bibber and E. Daw and J. McBride and H. Peng and L. Rosenberg and H. Xin and J. Laveigne and P. Sikivie and N. Sullivan and D. Tanner and D. Moltz and F. Nezrick and M. Turner and N. Golubev and L. Kravchuk},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9607022},
year = {2009}
}
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4 pages with 4 embedded figures, Postscript, to be published in the Proceedings of the DM 96 conference held in Santa Monica, Feb. 14-16, 1996