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Resonant detection and production of axions with atoms
Yevgeny V. StadnikYevgeny V. StadnikI. B. SamsonovVictor V. FlambaumVictor V. FlambaumH. B. Tran TanDmitry BudkerDmitry Budkersubject
PhysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsPhysics::Instrumentation and Detectors010308 nuclear & particles physicsForward scatterHigh Energy Physics::PhenomenologyAstronomy and Astrophysics01 natural sciencesSignalAtomic and Molecular Physics and OpticsHigh Energy Physics::TheoryInterference (communication)0103 physical sciencesEffective lagrangianAtomic physics010306 general physicsAbsorption (electromagnetic radiation)Axiondescription
The axions and axion-like particles can be detected via a resonant atomic or molecular transition induced by axion absorption. The signal obtained in this process is second order in the axion-electron interaction constant and hence small. In this chapter, it is demonstrated that this signal may become first order in the axion-electron interaction constant if we allow the interference between the axion-induced transition amplitude and the transition amplitude induced by the electromagnetic radiation. Additionally, we show that the conventional scheme of producing axions from photons in a magnetic field may be improved if the field is replaced by an atomic medium in which photons scattering off the atoms in the forward direction are transformed into axions.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-11-10 | International Journal of Modern Physics A |