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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 |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , |
Format: | Article |
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 |
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ISSN: | 2331-8422 |
DOI: | 10.48550/arxiv.9805026 |