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Zeng X, Bo Z, Chen W, Chen X, Chen Y, Cheng Z, Cui X, Fan Y, Fang D, Gao Z, Geng L, Giboni K, Guo X, Guo X, Guo Z, Han C, Han K, He C, He J, Huang D, Huang H, Huang J, Hou R, Hou Y, Ji X, Ji X, Ju Y, Li C, Li J, Li M, Li S, Li T, Li Z, Lin Q, Liu J, Lu C, Lu X, Luo L, Luo Y, Ma W, Ma Y, Mao Y, Meng Y, Ning X, Pang B, Qi N, Qian Z, Ren X, Shan D, Shang X, Shao X, Shen G, Shen M, Sun W, Tao Y, Wang A, Wang G, Wang H, Wang J, Wang L, Wang M, Wang Q, Wang S, Wang S, Wang W, Wang X, Wang X, Wang Z, Wei Y, Wu W, Wu Y, Xiao M, Xiao X, Xiong K, Xu Y, Yao S, Yan B, Yan X, Yang Y, Ye P, Yu C, Yuan Y, Yuan Z, Yun Y, Zhang M, Zhang P, Zhang S, Zhang S, Zhang T, Zhang W, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Zhao L, Zhou J, Zhou J, Zhou J, Zhou N, Zhou X, Zhou Y, et alZeng X, Bo Z, Chen W, Chen X, Chen Y, Cheng Z, Cui X, Fan Y, Fang D, Gao Z, Geng L, Giboni K, Guo X, Guo X, Guo Z, Han C, Han K, He C, He J, Huang D, Huang H, Huang J, Hou R, Hou Y, Ji X, Ji X, Ju Y, Li C, Li J, Li M, Li S, Li T, Li Z, Lin Q, Liu J, Lu C, Lu X, Luo L, Luo Y, Ma W, Ma Y, Mao Y, Meng Y, Ning X, Pang B, Qi N, Qian Z, Ren X, Shan D, Shang X, Shao X, Shen G, Shen M, Sun W, Tao Y, Wang A, Wang G, Wang H, Wang J, Wang L, Wang M, Wang Q, Wang S, Wang S, Wang W, Wang X, Wang X, Wang Z, Wei Y, Wu W, Wu Y, Xiao M, Xiao X, Xiong K, Xu Y, Yao S, Yan B, Yan X, Yang Y, Ye P, Yu C, Yuan Y, Yuan Z, Yun Y, Zhang M, Zhang P, Zhang S, Zhang S, Zhang T, Zhang W, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Zhao L, Zhou J, Zhou J, Zhou J, Zhou N, Zhou X, Zhou Y, Zhou Z. Exploring New Physics with PandaX-4T Low Energy Electronic Recoil Data. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2025; 134:041001. [PMID: 39951566 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.134.041001] [Show More Authors] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2024] [Revised: 11/30/2024] [Accepted: 01/02/2025] [Indexed: 02/16/2025]
Abstract
New particles beyond the standard model of particle physics, such as axions, can be effectively searched through their interactions with electrons. We use the large liquid xenon detector PandaX-4T to search for novel electronic recoil signals induced by solar axions, neutrinos with anomalous magnetic moment, axionlike particles, dark photons, and light fermionic dark matter. A detailed background model is established using the latest datasets with 1.54 ton yr exposure. No significant excess above the background has been observed, and we have obtained competitive constraints for axion couplings, neutrino magnetic moment, and fermionic dark matter interactions.
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Affiliation(s)
- Xinning Zeng
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
- New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201210, China
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Sichuan Research Institute, Chengdu 610213, China
- Jinping Deep Underground Frontier Science and Dark Matter Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province
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- Jinping Deep Underground Frontier Science and Dark Matter Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province
- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- Sino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, 519082, China
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- New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Department of Physics, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE), Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing 102206, China
- Peng Huanwu Collaborative Center for Research and Education, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
- International Research Center for Nuclei and Particles in the Cosmos and Beijing Key Laboratory of Advanced Nuclear Materials and Physics, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
- Southern Center for Nuclear-Science Theory (SCNT), Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Huizhou 516000, China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
- Jinping Deep Underground Frontier Science and Dark Matter Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province
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- School of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing 102206, China
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- Jinping Deep Underground Frontier Science and Dark Matter Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province
- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- School of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing 102206, China
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- New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
- Jinping Deep Underground Frontier Science and Dark Matter Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, SJTU Paris Elite Institute of Technology, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
- Jinping Deep Underground Frontier Science and Dark Matter Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Sichuan Research Institute, Chengdu 610213, China
- Jinping Deep Underground Frontier Science and Dark Matter Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Jinping Deep Underground Frontier Science and Dark Matter Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Jinping Deep Underground Frontier Science and Dark Matter Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province
- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
- Jinping Deep Underground Frontier Science and Dark Matter Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province
- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- Sino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, 519082, China
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- Sino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, 519082, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Particle Detection and Electronics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
- Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
- New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201210, China
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Sichuan Research Institute, Chengdu 610213, China
- Jinping Deep Underground Frontier Science and Dark Matter Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Research Center for Particle Science and Technology, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
- Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
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- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE), Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Sichuan Research Institute, Chengdu 610213, China
- Jinping Deep Underground Frontier Science and Dark Matter Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Research Center for Particle Science and Technology, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
- Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
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- Jinping Deep Underground Frontier Science and Dark Matter Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province
- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Research Center for Particle Science and Technology, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
- Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
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- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- School of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing 102206, China
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- Jinping Deep Underground Frontier Science and Dark Matter Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province
- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- Jinping Deep Underground Frontier Science and Dark Matter Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province
- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Sichuan Research Institute, Chengdu 610213, China
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- Research Center for Particle Science and Technology, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
- Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- College of Nuclear Technology and Automation Engineering, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China
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- Research Center for Particle Science and Technology, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
- Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE), Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
- Jinping Deep Underground Frontier Science and Dark Matter Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, SJTU Paris Elite Institute of Technology, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Sino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, 519082, China
- School of Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai 200240, China
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- New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
- New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201210, China
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Sichuan Research Institute, Chengdu 610213, China
- Jinping Deep Underground Frontier Science and Dark Matter Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province
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- Sino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, 519082, China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
- Jinping Deep Underground Frontier Science and Dark Matter Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Jinping Deep Underground Frontier Science and Dark Matter Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province
- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, SJTU Paris Elite Institute of Technology, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
- Jinping Deep Underground Frontier Science and Dark Matter Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE), Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Jinping Deep Underground Frontier Science and Dark Matter Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province
- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- School of Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
- New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201210, China
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Sichuan Research Institute, Chengdu 610213, China
- Jinping Deep Underground Frontier Science and Dark Matter Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province
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- New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Research Center for Particle Science and Technology, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
- Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
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- Research Center for Particle Science and Technology, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
- Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
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- New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
- New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201210, China
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Sichuan Research Institute, Chengdu 610213, China
- Jinping Deep Underground Frontier Science and Dark Matter Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province
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- Jinping Deep Underground Frontier Science and Dark Matter Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province
- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, SJTU Paris Elite Institute of Technology, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
- New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201210, China
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Sichuan Research Institute, Chengdu 610213, China
- Jinping Deep Underground Frontier Science and Dark Matter Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province
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- School of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing 102206, China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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Di Luzio L, Galan J, Giannotti M, Irastorza IG, Jaeckel J, Lindner A, Ruz J, Schneekloth U, Sohl L, Thormaehlen LJ, Vogel JK. Probing the axion-nucleon coupling with the next generation of axion helioscopes. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS 2022; 82:120. [PMID: 35210937 PMCID: PMC8827404 DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10061-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2021] [Accepted: 01/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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A finite axion-nucleon coupling, nearly unavoidable for QCD axions, leads to the production of axions via the thermal excitation and subsequent de-excitation of 57 Fe isotopes in the sun. We revise the solar bound on this flux adopting the up to date emission rate, and investigate the sensitivity of the proposed International Axion Observatory IAXO and its intermediate stage BabyIAXO to detect these axions. We compare different realistic experimental options and discuss the model dependence of the signal. Already BabyIAXO has sensitivity far beyond previous solar axion searches via the nucleon coupling and IAXO can improve on this by more than an order of magnitude.
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- Luca Di Luzio
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia ‘G. Galilei’, Università di Padova, Padua, Italy
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Center for Astroparticles and High Energy Physics (CAPA), Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Physical Sciences, Barry University, 11300 NE 2nd Ave., Miami Shores, FL 33161 USA
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- Center for Astroparticles and High Energy Physics (CAPA), Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Institut für theoretische Physik, Universität Heidelberg, Philosophenweg 16, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA 94551 USA
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institut für theoretische Physik, Universität Heidelberg, Philosophenweg 16, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA 94551 USA
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Massarczyk R, Chu PH, Elliott S. Axion emission from nuclear magnetic dipole transitions. Int J Clin Exp Med 2022. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.105.015031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Dark matter searches have been ongoing for three decades; the lack of a positive discovery of the main candidate, the WIMP, after dedicated efforts, has put axions and axion-like particles in the spotlight. The three main techniques employed to search for them complement each other well in covering a wide range in the parameter space defined by the axion decay constant and the axion mass. The International AXion Observatory (IAXO) is an international collaboration planning to build the fourth generation axion helioscope, with an unparalleled expected sensitivity and discovery potential. The distinguishing characteristic of IAXO is that it will feature a magnet that is designed to maximise the relevant parameters in sensitivity and which will be equipped with X-ray focusing devices and detectors that have been developed for axion physics. In this paper, we review aspects that motivate IAXO and its prototype, BabyIAXO, in the axion, and ALPs landscape. As part of this Special Issue, some emphasis is given on Spanish participation in the project, of which CAPA (Centro de Astropartículas y Física de Altas Energías of the Universidad de Zaragoza) is a strong promoter.
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Dark matter is a milestone in the understanding of the Universe and a portal to the discovery of new physics beyond the Standard Model of particles. The direct search for dark matter has become one of the most active fields of experimental physics in the last few decades. Liquid Xenon (LXe) detectors demonstrated the highest sensitivities to the main dark matter candidates (Weakly Interactive Massive Particles, WIMP). The experiments of the XENON project, located in the underground INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) in Italy, are leading the field thanks to the dual-phase LXe time projection chamber (TPC) technology. Since the first prototype XENON10 built in 2005, each detector of the XENON project achieved the highest sensitivity to WIMP dark matter. XENON increased the LXe target mass by nearly a factor 400, up to the 5.9 t of the current XENONnT detector installed at LNGS in 2020. Thanks to an unprecedentedly low background level, XENON1T (predecessor of XENONnT) set the world best limits on WIMP dark matter to date, for an overall boost of more than 3 orders of magnitude to the experimental sensitivity since the XENON project started. In this work, we review the principles of direct dark matter detection with LXe TPCs, the detectors of the XENON project, the challenges posed by background mitigation to ultra-low levels, and the main results achieved by the XENON project in the search for dark matter.
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Inorganic crystal scintillators play a crucial role in particle detection for various applications in fundamental physics and applied science. The use of such materials as scintillating bolometers, which operate at temperatures as low as 10 mK and detect both heat (phonon) and scintillation signals, significantly extends detectors performance compared to the conventional scintillation counters. In particular, such low-temperature devices offer a high energy resolution in a wide energy interval thanks to a phonon signal detection, while a simultaneous registration of scintillation emitted provides an efficient particle identification tool. This feature is of great importance for a background identification and rejection. Combined with a large variety of elements of interest, which can be embedded in crystal scintillators, scintillating bolometers represent powerful particle detectors for rare-event searches (e.g., rare alpha and beta decays, double-beta decay, dark matter particles, neutrino detection). Here, we review the features and results of low-temperature scintillation detection achieved over a 30-year history of developments of scintillating bolometers and their use in rare-event search experiments.
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Bhusal A, Houston N, Li T. Searching for Solar Axions Using Data from the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 126:091601. [PMID: 33750180 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.091601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2020] [Accepted: 02/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We explore a novel detection possibility for solar axions, which relies only on their couplings to nucleons, via the axion-induced dissociation of deuterons into their constituent neutrons and protons. An opportune target for this process is the now-concluded Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) experiment, which relied upon large quantities of heavy water to resolve the solar neutrino problem. From the full SNO dataset we exclude in a model-independent fashion isovector axion-nucleon couplings |g_{aN}^{3}|≡1/2|g_{an}-g_{ap}|>2×10^{-5} GeV^{-1} at 95% C.L. for sub-MeV axion masses, covering previously unexplored regions of the axion parameter space. In the absence of a precise cancellation between g_{an} and g_{ap} this result also exceeds comparable constraints from other laboratory experiments, and excludes regions of the parameter space for which astrophysical constraints from SN1987A and neutron star cooling are inapplicable due to axion trapping.
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- Aagaman Bhusal
- CAS Key Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China
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Di Luzio L, Fedele M, Giannotti M, Mescia F, Nardi E. Solar Axions Cannot Explain the XENON1T Excess. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 125:131804. [PMID: 33034461 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.131804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2020] [Revised: 07/23/2020] [Accepted: 07/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We argue that the interpretation in terms of solar axions of the recent XENON1T excess is not tenable when confronted with astrophysical observations of stellar evolution. We discuss the reasons why the emission of a flux of solar axions sufficiently intense to explain the anomalous data would radically alter the distribution of certain type of stars in the color-magnitude diagram in the first place and would also clash with a certain number of other astrophysical observables. Quantitatively, the significance of the discrepancy ranges from 3.3σ for the rate of period change of pulsating white dwarfs and exceeds 19σ for the R parameter and for M_{I,TRGB}.
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- Luca Di Luzio
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, D-22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department de Física Quàntica i Astrofísica, Institut de Ciències del Cosmos (ICCUB), Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Physical Sciences, Barry University, 11300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami Shores, Florida 33161, USA
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- Department de Física Quàntica i Astrofísica, Institut de Ciències del Cosmos (ICCUB), Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, C.P. 13, 100044 Frascati, Italy
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Dent JB, Dutta B, Newstead JL, Thompson A. Inverse Primakoff Scattering as a Probe of Solar Axions at Liquid Xenon Direct Detection Experiments. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 125:131805. [PMID: 33034508 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.131805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2020] [Revised: 07/31/2020] [Accepted: 08/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We show that XENON1T and future liquid xenon (LXe) direct detection experiments are sensitive to axions through the standard g_{aγ}aFF[over ˜] operators due to inverse-Primakoff scattering. This previously neglected channel significantly improves the sensitivity to the axion-photon coupling, with a reach extending to g_{aγ}∼10^{-10} GeV^{-1} for axion masses up to a keV, thereby extending into the region of heavier QCD axion models. This result modifies the couplings required to explain the XENON1T excess in terms of solar axions, opening a large region of g_{aγ}-m_{a} parameter space that is not ruled out by the CAST helioscope experiment and reducing the tension with the astrophysical constraints. We explore the sensitivity to solar axions for future generations of LXe detectors that can exceed future helioscope experiments, such as IAXO, for a large region of parameter space.
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- James B Dent
- Department of Physics, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas 77341, USA
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- Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle Physics, School of Physics, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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Dent JB, Dutta B, Kim D, Liao S, Mahapatra R, Sinha K, Thompson A. New Directions for Axion Searches via Scattering at Reactor Neutrino Experiments. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 124:211804. [PMID: 32530700 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.211804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2019] [Revised: 04/19/2020] [Accepted: 05/14/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Searches for pseudoscalar axionlike-particles (ALPs) typically rely on their decay in beam dumps or their conversion into photons in haloscopes and helioscopes. We point out a new experimental direction for ALP probes via their production by the intense gamma ray flux available from megawatt-scale nuclear reactors at neutrino experiments through Primakoff-like or Compton-like channels. Low-threshold detectors in close proximity to the core will have visibility to ALP decays and inverse Primakoff and Compton scattering, providing sensitivity to the ALP-photon and ALP-electron couplings. We find that the sensitivity to these couplings at the ongoing MINER and various other reactor based neutrino experiments, e.g., CONNIE, CONUS, ν-cleus, etc., exceeds existing limits set by laboratory experiments and, for the ALP-electron coupling, we forecast the world's best laboratory-based constraints over a large portion of the sub-MeV ALP mass range.
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- James B Dent
- Department of Physics, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas 77341, USA
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- Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77845, USA
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- Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77845, USA
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- Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77845, USA
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- Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77845, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, USA
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- Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77845, USA
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Fu C, Zhou X, Chen X, Chen Y, Cui X, Fang D, Giboni K, Giuliani F, Han K, Huang X, Ji X, Ju Y, Lei S, Li S, Liu H, Liu J, Ma Y, Mao Y, Ren X, Tan A, Wang H, Wang J, Wang M, Wang Q, Wang S, Wang X, Wang Z, Wu S, Xiao M, Xie P, Yan B, Yang Y, Yue J, Zhang H, Zhang T, Zhao L, Zhou N. Limits on Axion Couplings from the First 80 Days of Data of the PandaX-II Experiment. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2017; 119:181806. [PMID: 29219572 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.119.181806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We report new searches for solar axions and galactic axionlike dark matter particles, using the first low-background data from the PandaX-II experiment at China Jinping Underground Laboratory, corresponding to a total exposure of about 2.7×10^{4} kg day. No solar axion or galactic axionlike dark matter particle candidate has been identified. The upper limit on the axion-electron coupling (g_{Ae}) from the solar flux is found to be about 4.35×10^{-12} in the mass range from 10^{-5} to 1 keV/c^{2} with 90% confidence level, similar to the recent LUX result. We also report a new best limit from the ^{57}Fe deexcitation. On the other hand, the upper limit from the galactic axions is on the order of 10^{-13} in the mass range from 1 to 10 keV/c^{2} with 90% confidence level, slightly improved compared with the LUX.
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- Changbo Fu
- INPAC and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- INPAC and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Limited, 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- INPAC and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201800 Shanghai, China
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- INPAC and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- INPAC and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- INPAC and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation (MOE), Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- INPAC and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
- Center of High Energy Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- INPAC and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- INPAC and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- INPAC and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
- Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201800 Shanghai, China
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- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- INPAC and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201800 Shanghai, China
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- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Limited, 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- School of Physics and Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation (MOE), Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201800 Shanghai, China
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- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- INPAC and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Limited, 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- Center of High Energy Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- INPAC and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation (MOE), Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- INPAC and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Limited, 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- INPAC and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- INPAC and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- INPAC and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- INPAC and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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Abgrall N, Arnquist IJ, Avignone FT, Barabash AS, Bertrand FE, Bradley AW, Brudanin V, Busch M, Buuck M, Caldwell TS, Chan YD, Christofferson CD, Chu PH, Cuesta C, Detwiler JA, Dunagan C, Efremenko Y, Ejiri H, Elliott SR, Gilliss T, Giovanetti GK, Goett J, Green MP, Gruszko J, Guinn IS, Guiseppe VE, Haufe CRS, Henning R, Hoppe EW, Howard S, Howe MA, Jasinski BR, Keeter KJ, Kidd MF, Konovalov SI, Kouzes RT, Lopez AM, MacMullin J, Martin RD, Massarczyk R, Meijer SJ, Mertens S, O'Shaughnessy C, Poon AWP, Radford DC, Rager J, Reine AL, Rielage K, Robertson RGH, Shanks B, Shirchenko M, Suriano AM, Tedeschi D, Trimble JE, Varner RL, Vasilyev S, Vetter K, Vorren K, White BR, Wilkerson JF, Wiseman C, Xu W, Yakushev E, Yu CH, Yumatov V, Zhitnikov I, Zhu BX. New Limits on Bosonic Dark Matter, Solar Axions, Pauli Exclusion Principle Violation, and Electron Decay from the Majorana Demonstrator. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2017; 118:161801. [PMID: 28474933 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.118.161801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2016] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We present new limits on exotic keV-scale physics based on 478 kg d of Majorana Demonstrator commissioning data. Constraints at the 90% confidence level are derived on bosonic dark matter (DM) and solar axion couplings, Pauli exclusion principle violating (PEPV) decay, and electron decay using monoenergetic peak signal limits above our background. Our most stringent DM constraints are set for 11.8 keV mass particles, limiting g_{Ae}<4.5×10^{-13} for pseudoscalars and (α^{'}/α)<9.7×10^{-28} for vectors. We also report a 14.4 keV solar axion coupling limit of g_{AN}^{eff}×g_{Ae}<3.8×10^{-17}, a 1/2β^{2}<8.5×10^{-48} limit on the strength of PEPV electron transitions, and a lower limit on the electron lifetime of τ_{e}>1.2×10^{24} yr for e^{-}→ invisible.
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- N Abgrall
- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute" Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow 117218, Russia
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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- Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Department of Physics, Black Hills State University, Spearfish, South Dakota 57799, USA
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- Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, Tennessee 38505, USA
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- National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute" Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow 117218, Russia
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München 80805, Germany
- Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität, München 80805, Germany
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute" Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow 117218, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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Jakovc̆ić K, Krec̆ak Z, Krc̆mar M, Ljubic̆ić A. A search for solar hadronic axions using 83Kr. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2004.04.095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Horvat R, Krčmar M, Lakić B. Recent searches for solar axions and large extra dimensions. Int J Clin Exp Med 2002. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.65.087701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The mean-free-path of monochromatic hadronic axions. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s0969-806x(01)00266-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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