The First Results of the GammeV Axion-Like Particles Search Experiment

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Axion, Photon, Dark Matter

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We report the first results of the GammeV experiment, a search for meV mass particles converted from photons. The experiment uses a strong external magnetic field to induce oscillations between incident photons from a pulsed laser and axion-like particles. A mirror is placed at a position within the magnetic field such that photons can not pass through the second part of the magnetic field. On the other hand, the weakly interacting axion-like particles can pass through beyond the mirror and may convert back into the photons. The regenerated photons then detected with a photomultiplier tube. The oscillation baseline of the apparatus is designed to vary, allowing probes of different values of particle mass. We find no excess of events above background. The two-photon couplings of possible new scalar (pseudoscalar) particles to be less than 3.2 × 10-7 GeV-1 (3.2 × 10-7 GeV-1) in the limit of massless particles.

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