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The Next Generation of Axion Helioscopes: The International Axion Observatory (IAXO)

Javier RedondoBiljana LakićEduardo GuendelmanK. Van BibberA. DiagoS. MatsukiHector GomezMarin KaruzaC. EleftheriadisOlivier LimousinH. H. J. Ten KateEric ArmengaudT. DafniFinn Erland ChristensenI. OrtegaPierre SikivieAnders Clemen JakobsenF.j. IguazCharles J. HaileyDiego González-díazTheodoros VafeiadisMilica KrčmarTakashi HiramatsuV. N. MuratovaDieter H. H. HoffmannJ.a. VillarS. C. YildizKlaus Kurt DeschI. ShilonB. DöbrichJavier GalanJ. G. GarzaPierre BrunA. DaelS. GninenkoF. T. AvignoneA. TomásW. C. WesterC. KriegerI. G. IrastorzaMasahiro KawasakiA. LindnerA. DudarevAndreas RingwaldMichael J. PivovaroffM. BetzA. V. DerbinP. BraxC. NonesD. CheloucheIoannis GiomatarisI. SavvidisYannis K. SemertzidisS. RussenschuckKenichi ImaiKonstantin ZioutasTheodoros GeralisSerkant Ali CetinGiovanni CantatoreJulia VogelJordi IsernH. SilvaE. Ferrer-ribasKen'ichi SaikawaG. LuzónDieter HornsP. VedrineG. FanourakisToyokazu SekiguchiFritz CaspersJ. A. GarciaJoerg JaeckelAmanda WeltmanJ. RuzM. DavenportJ. KaminskiL. WalckiersKrešimir JakovčićGianpaolo CarosiA. LioliosB. GimenoGeorg G. RaffeltT. PapaevangelouJ. M. CarmonaS. CaspiKonstantinos KousourisI. DratchnevSergey Troitsky

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QCD axionParticle physicsPhysics::Instrumentation and DetectorsDark matterPhysics and Astronomy(all)01 natural sciences7. Clean energymagnetic helioscopeHigh Energy Physics::TheoryQCD axionsAstroparticle PhysicsAxionObservatory0103 physical sciencesDark matterQCD axions; magnetic helioscope; dark matterDark Matterddc:530Detectors and Experimental Techniques010306 general physicsAxionAstroparticle physicsPhysicsHelioscope010308 nuclear & particles physicsAxion Dark Matter ExperimentHigh Energy Physics::PhenomenologyStrong CP problemIAXOStrong CP ProblemALPStrong CP problemAstroparticle physicsCERN Axion Solar TelescopeParticle Physics - ExperimentHelioscopes

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Çetin, Serkant Ali (Dogus Author) -- Conference full title: 13th International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics, TAUP 2013; Asilomar Conference Grounds Monterey Peninsula; United States; 8 September 2013 through 13 September 2013. The International Axion Observatory (IAXO) is a proposed 4th-generation axion helioscope with the primary physics research goal to search for solar axions via their Primakoff conversion into photons of 1 - 10 keV energies in a strong magnetic field. IAXO will achieve a sensitivity to the axion-photon coupling gaγ down to a few ×10-12 GeV-1 for a wide range of axion masses up to ∼ 0.25 eV. This is an improvement over the currently best (3rd generation) axion helioscope, the CERN Axion Solar Telescope (CAST), of about 5 orders of magnitude in signal strength, corresponding to a factor ∼ 20 in the axion photon coupling. IAXO's sensitivity relies on the construction of a large superconducting 8-coil toroidal magnet of 20 m length optimized for axion research. Each of the eight 60 cm diameter magnet bores is equipped with x-ray optics focusing the signal photons into ∼ 0.2 cm2 spots that are imaged by very low background x-ray detectors. The magnet will be built into a structure with elevation and azimuth drives that will allow solar tracking for 12 hours each day. This contribution is a summary of our papers [1-3] and we refer to these for further details.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2015-09-01Physics Procedia
10.1016/j.phpro.2014.12.031http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2014.12.031