Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-04-22
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
37 pages, 7 figures and 3 tables. Grant contract information added; no other changes
Scientific paper
10.1088/1475-7516/2008/08/026
We present a detailed computation of the expected rate for Geomagnetic Conversion of Solar Axions to X-rays (GECOSAX) along the orbit of an x-ray satellite. We use realistic satellite orbits and propagation in time. A realistic model for the Earth's magnetic field, which properly accounts for its spatial non-uniformity, is used. We also account for the effect of the Earth's atmosphere on the propagation of x-rays in our calculation of axion-photon conversion probability. To estimate possible sensitivities to the axion-photon coupling g_{a\gamma}, we use an actual measurement of the expected backgrounds by the SUZAKU satellite. Assuming a detector area of 10^3 cm^2 and about 10^6 s of data, we show that a 2 \sigma limit of g_{a\gamma} < (4.7-6.6) times 10^{-11} GeV^{-1} from GECOSAX is achievable, for axion masses m_a<10^{-4} eV. This significantly exceeds current laboratory sensitivities to g_{a\gamma}.
Davoudiasl Hooman
Huber Patrick
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