Axion searches at CERN with the CAST Telescope

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2003-05-28

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0305534v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

NEB-X Conference on "New Developments in Gravity", May 30-June 2, 2002, Chalkidiki, GREECE. 5 pages, 2 figures

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The CERN Axion Solar Telescope (CAST) searches for axions coming from photon to axion conversion in the sun's core, as stated by the Primakoff effect. Axions arise in particle physics as a consequence of the breaking of Peccei-Quinn symmetry which has been introduced as a solution to the strong CP problem. As cosmological axions they are candidates for at least some part of cold Dark Matter.They are also expected to be produced copiously in stellar interiors with energies as high as the thermal photons undergoing photon to axion conversion. In our sun the axion energy spectrum peaks at about 4.4 keV, extending up to 10 keV. CAST collected preliminary data in 2002 and data taking with its full capability will start in the beginning of 2003.

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