Detecting solar axions using Earth's magnetic field

Details Detecting solar axions using Earth's magnetic field Detecting solar axions using Earth's magnetic field

2005-09-26

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0509293v2

Phys.Rev.Lett. 97 (2006) 141302

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

3 pages, 1 figure, typos corrected, references added

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.141302

We show that solar axion conversion to photons in the Earth's magnetosphere can produce an x-ray flux, with average energy \sim 4 keV, which is measurable on the dark side of the Earth. The smallness of the Earth's magnetic field is compensated by a large magnetized volume. For axion masses < 10^{-4} eV, a low-Earth-orbit x-ray detector with an effective area of 10^4 cm^2, pointed at the solar core, can probe the photon-axion coupling down to 10^{-11} GeV^{-1}, in one year. Thus, the sensitivity of this new approach will be an order of magnitude beyond current laboratory limits.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Detecting solar axions using Earth's magnetic field does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Detecting solar axions using Earth's magnetic field, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Detecting solar axions using Earth's magnetic field will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-224648