利用 $^3$He 缓冲气体的 CAST 太阳轴子搜索:填补热暗物质空白
高能物理 - 实验
2014-09-16 v2 天体物理仪器与方法
仪器与探测器
摘要
欧洲核子研究中心轴子太阳望远镜(CAST)已完成利用 He 缓冲气体进行的太阳轴子搜索,覆盖搜索范围 。此举填补了与宇宙学热暗物质极限之间的空白,并实际上与之重叠。根据磁体指向太阳时未观测到过量 X 射线,我们在 95% 置信水平(CL)下设定了轴子 - 光子耦合的典型上限 ,具体数值取决于压力设置。未来的直接太阳轴子搜索将专注于提高对更小 值的灵敏度,例如通过目前讨论的下一代日冕仪 IAXO。
引用
@article{arxiv.1307.1985,
title = {CAST solar axion search with 3^He buffer gas: Closing the hot dark matter gap},
author = {M. Arik and S. Aune and K. Barth and A. Belov and S. Borghi and H. Brauninger and G. Cantatore and J. M. Carmona and S. A. Cetin and J. I. Collar and E. Da Riva and T. Dafni and M. Davenport and C. Eleftheriadis and N. Elias and G. Fanourakis and E. Ferrer-Ribas and P. Friedrich and J. Galan and J. A. Garcia and A. Gardikiotis and J. G. Garza and E. N. Gazis and T. Geralis and E. Georgiopoulou and I. Giomataris and S. Gninenko and H. Gomez and M. Gomez Marzoa and E. Gruber and T. Guthorl and R. Hartmann and S. Hauf and F. Haug and M. D. Hasinoff and D. H. H. Hoffmann and F. J. Iguaz and I. G. Irastorza and J. Jacoby and K. Jakovcic and M. Karuza and K. Konigsmann and R. Kotthaus and M. Krcmar and M. Kuster and B. Lakic and P. M. Lang and J. M. Laurent and A. Liolios and A. Ljubicic and V. Lozza and G. Luzon and S. Neff and T. Niinikoski and A. Nordt and T. Papaevangelou and M. J. Pivovaroff and G. Raffelt and H. Riege and A. Rodriguez and M. Rosu and J. Ruz and I. Savvidis and I. Shilon and P. S. Silva and S. K. Solanki and L. Stewart and A. Tomas and M. Tsagri and K. van Bibber and T. Vafeiadis and J. Villar and J. K. Vogel and S. C. Yildiz and K. Zioutas},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1307.1985},
year = {2014}
}
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