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Axion is one of the most popular candidates of the cosmological dark matter. Recent studies considering the misalignment production of axions suggest some benchmark axion mass ranges near $m_a \sim 20$ $\mu$eV. For such axion mass, the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-25 Man Ho Chan

Photon-to-axion conversions in the static electromagnetic fields are reconsidered in detail by using the Feynman diagram techniques. The differential cross sections are presented for the conversions in the presence of the electric field of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Hoang Ngoc Long , Dang Van Soa , Tuan A. Tran

Primordial decays of string theory moduli at z \sim 10^{12} naturally generate a dark radiation Cosmic Axion Background (CAB) with 0.1 - 1 keV energies. This CAB can be detected through axion-photon conversion in astrophysical magnetic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-05-26 Joseph P. Conlon , M. C. David Marsh

We made a search for hadronic axions which could be emitted from the Sun in M1 transitions between the first 14.4 keV thermally excited and the ground state in Fe-57, and absorbed in the HPGe detector by axioelectric effect. An upper limit…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 A. Ljubicic , D. Kekez , Z. Krecak , T. Ljubicic

One way to proof or exclude the existence of axion like particles is a microwave light shining through the wall experiment. In this publication we will emphasize on the engineering aspects of such a setup, currently under development at…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2012-05-14 M. Betz , F. Caspers , M. Gasior , M. Thumm

The axio-electric effect in silicon atoms is sought for solar axions appearing owing to bremsstrahlung and the Compton process. Axions are detected using a Si(Li) detector placed in a low-background setup. As a result, a model-independent…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-06-05 A. V. Derbin , I. S. Drachnev , A. S. Kayunov , V. N. Muratova

Axion-like particles can be abundantly produced through scattering processes in the cores of neutron stars (NSs). If they are ultralight ($m_a \lesssim 10^{-4}$ eV), then they can efficiently convert to detectable photons in the external NS…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-12-19 Orion Ning , Kailash Raman , Benjamin R. Safdi

This Letter reports results from a haloscope search for dark matter axions with masses between 2.66 and 2.81 $\mu$eV. The search excludes the range of axion-photon couplings predicted by plausible models of the invisible axion. This…

The International Axion Observatory (IAXO) is a next-generation axion helioscope designed to search for solar axions with unprecedented sensitivity. IAXO holds a unique position in the global landscape of axion searches, as it will probe a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-04-02 A. Arcusa , S. Ahyoune , K. Altenmuller , I. Antolin , S. Basso , P. Brun , V. Burwitz , F. R. Candon , J. F. Castel , S. Cebrian , D. Chouhan , R. Della Ceca , M. Cervera-Cortes , M. M. Civitani , C. Cogollos , E. Costa , V. Cotroneo , T. Dafni , K. Desch , M. C. Diaz-Martin , A. Diaz-Morcillo , D. Diez-Ibanez , C. Diez Pardos , M. Dinter , B. Dobrich , A. Dudarev , A. Ezquerro , S. Fabiani , E. Ferrer-Ribas , F. Finelli , I. Fleck , J. Galan , G. Galanti , M. Galaverni , J. Galindo Guarch , J. A. Garcia , J. M. Garcia-Barcelo , L. Gastaldo , M. Giannotti , A. Giganon , C. Goblin , N. Goyal , Y. Gu , L. Hagge , L. Helary , D. Hengstler , D. Heuchel , S. Hoof , R. Iglesias-Marzoa , F. J. Iguaz , M. Iglesias , C. Iniguez , I. G. Irastorza , K. Jakovcic , D. Kafer , J. Kaminski , S. Karstensen , M. Law , A. Lindner , M. Loidl , C. Loiseau , G. Lopez-Alegre , A. Lozano-Guerrero , G. Luzon , I. Manthos , C. Margalejo , A. Marin-Franch , J. Marques , F. Marutzky , C. Menneglier , M. Mentink , S. Mertens , J. Miralda-Escude , H. Mirallas , F. Muleri , J. R. Navarro-Madrid , X. F. Navick , K. Nikolopoulos , A. Notari , L. Obis , A. Ortiz-de-Solorzano , T. O'Shea , J. von Oy , G. Pareschi , T. Papaevangelou , K. Perez , O. Perez , E. Picatoste , M. J. Pivovaroff , J. Porron , M. J. Puyuelo , A. Quintana , J. Redondo , D. Reuther , A. Ringwald , M. Rodrigues , A. Rubini , S. Rueda-Teruel , F. Rueda-Teruel , E. Ruiz-Choliz , J. Ruz , J. Schaffran , T. Schiffer , S. Schmidt , U. Schneekloth , L. Schonfeld , M. Schott , L. Segui , U. R. Singh , P. Soffitta , D. Spiga , M. Stern , O. Straniero , F. Tavecchio , G. Vecchi , J. K. Vogel , R. Ward , A. Weltman , C. Wiesinger , R. Wolf , J. Woo , A. Yanes-Diaz , Y. Yu

Axion-like particles are promising candidates to make up the dark matter of the universe, but it is challenging to design experiments that can detect them over their entire allowed mass range. Dark matter in general, and in particular…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-04-30 Peter W. Graham , David E. Kaplan , Jeremy Mardon , Surjeet Rajendran , William A. Terrano , Lutz Trahms , Thomas Wilkason

We describe the results of a haloscope axion search performed with an 11.7 T dipole magnet at CERN. The search used a custom-made radio-frequency cavity coated with high-temperature superconducting tape. A set of 27 h of data at a resonant…

The axion is a hypothetical particle associated with a possible solution to the strong CP problem and is a leading candidate for dark matter. In this paper we investigate the emission of axions by accelerated electrons. We find the emission…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-02-20 Georgios Vacalis , Atsushi Higuchi , Robert Bingham , Gianluca Gregori

The latest result from the ORGAN experiment, an axion haloscope is presented. This iteration of the experiment operated at millikelvin temperatures using a flux-driven Josephson parametric amplifier for reduced noise, along with various…

We present a novel approach to investigating axions and axion-like particles (ALPs) by studying their potential conversion into X-rays within the Sun's atmospheric magnetic field. Utilizing high-sensitivity data from the Nuclear…

Dark matter axions may cause transitions between atomic states that differ in energy by an amount equal to the axion mass. Such energy differences are conveniently tuned using the Zeeman effect. It is proposed to search for dark matter…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-06-02 P. Sikivie

Ultralight axion-like particles can contribute to the dark matter near the Sun, leading to a distinct, stochastic signature in terrestrial experiments. We search for such particles through their neutron-spin coupling by re-analyzing…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-04-05 Junyi Lee , Mariangela Lisanti , William A. Terrano , Michael Romalis

A search for 5.5-MeV solar axions produced in the $p+d\rightarrow\rm{^3He}+A (5.5 \rm{MeV})$ reaction was performed using the Borexino detector. The Compton conversion of axions to photons, ${\rm A}+e\rightarrow e+\gamma$; the axio-electric…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2012-08-27 The Borexino Collaboration

Stellar energy loss arguments lead to strong constraints on the coupling $\phi \gamma \gamma$ of a light axion-like particle to two photons. Helioscopes, like CAST, are able to put competitive bounds. The PVLAS experiment has recently…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Eduard Masso , Javier Redondo

The search for solar axions produced by Compton ($\gamma+e^-\rightarrow e^-+A$) and bremsstrahlung-like ($e^-+Z \rightarrow Z+e^-+A$) processes has been performed. The axion flux in the both cases depends on the axion-electron coupling…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2011-02-25 A. V. Derbin , A. S. Kayunov , V. N. Muratova , D. A. Semenov , E. V. Unzhakov