First Searches for Axions and Axion-Like Particles with the LUX Experiment
Abstract
The first searches for axions and axion-like particles with the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment are presented. Under the assumption of an axio-electric interaction in xenon, the coupling constant between axions and electrons, gAe is tested, using data collected in 2013 with an exposure totalling 95 live-days 118 kg. A double-sided, profile likelihood ratio statistic test excludes gAe larger than 3.5 10 (90% C.L.) for solar axions. Assuming the DFSZ theoretical description, the upper limit in coupling corresponds to an upper limit on axion mass of 0.12 eV/c, while for the KSVZ description masses above 36.6 eV/c are excluded. For galactic axion-like particles, values of gAe larger than 4.2 10 are excluded for particle masses in the range 1-16 keV/c. These are the most stringent constraints to date for these interactions.
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@article{arxiv.1704.02297,
title = {First Searches for Axions and Axion-Like Particles with the LUX Experiment},
author = {D. S. Akerib and S. Alsum and C. Aquino and H. M. Araújo and X. Bai and A. J. Bailey and J. Balajthy and P. Beltrame and E. P. Bernard and A. Bernstein and T. P. Biesiadzinski and E. M. Boulton and P. Brás and D. Byram and S. B. Cahn and M. C. Carmona-Benitez and C. Chan and A. A. Chiller and C. Chiller and A. Currie and J. E. Cutter and T. J. R. Davison and A. Dobi and J. E. Y. Dobson and E. Druszkiewicz and B. N. Edwards and C. H. Faham and S. R. Fallon and S. Fiorucci and R. J. Gaitskell and V. M. Gehman and C. Ghag and K. R. Gibson and M. G. D. Gilchriese and C. R. Hall and M. Hanhardt and S. J. Haselschwardt and S. A. Hertel and D. P. Hogan and M. Horn and D. Q. Huang and C. M. Ignarra and R. G. Jacobsen and W. Ji and K. Kamdin and K. Kazkaz and D. Khaitan and R. Knoche and N. A. Larsen and C. Lee and B. G. Lenardo and K. T. Lesko and A. Lindote and M. I. Lopes and A. Manalaysay and R. L. Mannino and M. F. Marzioni and D. N. McKinsey and D. M. Mei and J. Mock and M. Moongweluwan and J. A. Morad and A. St. J. Murphy and C. Nehrkorn and H. N. Nelson and F. Neves and K. O'Sullivan and K. C. Oliver-Mallory and K. J. Palladino and E. K. Pease and L. Reichhart and C. Rhyne and S. Shaw and T. A. Shutt and C. Silva and M. Solmaz and V. N. Solovov and P. Sorensen and S. Stephenson and T. J. Sumner and M. Szydagis and D. J. Taylor and W. C. Taylor and B. P. Tennyson and P. A. Terman and D. R. Tiedt and W. H. To and M. Tripathi and L. Tvrznikova and S. Uvarov and V. Velan and J. R. Verbus and R. C. Webb and J. T. White and T. J. Whitis and M. S. Witherell and F. L. H. Wolfs and J. Xu and K. Yazdani and S. K. Young and C. Zhang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1704.02297},
year = {2017}
}