Plasma-based wakefield accelerators as sources of axion-like particles
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2018-03-30 v2 Accelerator Physics
Abstract
We estimate the average flux density of minimally-coupled axion-like particles generated by a laser-driven plasma wakefield propagating along a constant strong magnetic field. Our calculations suggest that a terrestrial source based on this approach could generate a pulse of axion-like particles whose flux density is comparable to that of solar axion-like particles at Earth. This mechanism is optimal for axion-like particles with mass in the range of interest of contemporary experiments designed to detect dark matter using microwave cavities.
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@article{arxiv.1710.01906,
title = {Plasma-based wakefield accelerators as sources of axion-like particles},
author = {David A. Burton and Adam Noble},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.01906},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
11 pages, 7 figures. Accepted for publication by New J. Phys