Pilot search for axion-like particles by a three-beam stimulated resonant photon collider with short pulse lasers

Toward the systematic search for axion-like particles in the eV mass range, we proposed the concept of a stimulated resonant photon collider by focusing three short pulse lasers into vacuum. In order to realize such a collider, we have performed a proof-of-principle experiment with a set of large in...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2023-02
Main Authors: Ishibashi, Fumiya, Hasada, Takumi, Homma, Kensuke, Kirita, Yuri, Kanai, Tsuneto, Masuno, ShinIchiro, Tokita, Shigeki, Hashida, Masaki
Format: Article
Language:English
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Confidence intervals
Photon beams
Photons
Resonant photons
Searching
Short pulses
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Summary:Toward the systematic search for axion-like particles in the eV mass range, we proposed the concept of a stimulated resonant photon collider by focusing three short pulse lasers into vacuum. In order to realize such a collider, we have performed a proof-of-principle experiment with a set of large incident angles between three beams to overcome the expected difficulty to ensure the space-time overlap between short pulse lasers and also established a method to evaluate the bias on the polarization states, which is useful for a future variable-incident-angle collision system. In this paper we present a result from the pilot search with the developed system and the method. The search result was consistent with null. We thus have set the upper limit on the minimum ALP-photon coupling down to \(1.5 \times 10^{-4}\) GeV\({}^{-1}\) at the ALP mass of 1.53 eV with a confidence level of 95 %.
ISSN:2331-8422