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THE CERN AXION SOLAR TELESCOPE (CAST): STATUS AND PROSPECTS

    https://doi.org/10.1142/9789812791313_0058Cited by:0 (Source: Crossref)
    Abstract:

    The CAST experiment is being mounted at CERN. It will make use of a decommissioned LHC test magnet to look for solar axions through its conversion into photons inside the magnetic field. The magnet has a field of 9 Tesla and length of 10 m and is installed in a platform which allows to move it ±8° vertically and ±40° horizontally. According to these numbers we expect a sensitivity in axion-photon coupling gaγγ ≲ 5 × 10−11 GeV−1 for ma ≲ 10−2 eV, and with a gas filled tube gaγγ ≲ 10−10 GeV−1 for ma ≲ 2 eV.