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Direct search for solar axions by using strong magnetic field and X-ray detectors

We have searched for axions which could be produced in the solar core by exploiting their conversion to X rays in a strong laboratory magnetic field. The signature of the solar axion is an increase in the rate of the X rays detected in a magnetic helioscope when the sun is within its acceptance. Fro...

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Published in:arXiv.org 1998-05
Main Authors: Moriyama, Shigetaka, Minowa, Makoto, Namba, Toshio, Inoue, Yoshizumi, Takasu, Yuko, Yamamoto, Akira
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Language:English
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Summary:We have searched for axions which could be produced in the solar core by exploiting their conversion to X rays in a strong laboratory magnetic field. The signature of the solar axion is an increase in the rate of the X rays detected in a magnetic helioscope when the sun is within its acceptance. From the absence of such a signal we set a 95% confidence level limit on the axion coupling to two photons \(g_{a\gamma\gamma}\equiv 1/M < 6.0\times 10^{-10}\) GeV\(^{-1}\), provided the axion mass \(m_a
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.9805026