Reactor-based Search for Axion-Like Particles using CsI(Tl) Detector

Autor:	Sahoo, S., Verma, S., Mirzakhani, M., Mishra, N., Thompson, A., Maludze, S., Mahapatra, R., Platt, M.
Rok vydání:	2024
Předmět:	High Energy Physics - Experiment Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
Popis:	Null results for WIMP dark matter have led to increased interest in exploring other dark matter candidates, such as Axions and Axion-Like Particles (ALPs), which also helps in answering the strong CP problem. This experiment achieved a sub-100 DRU (differential-rate-unit, expressed in counts/keV/kg/day) background in the MeV region of interest by employing a combination of active and passive veto techniques. Such a low background facilitates the search for ALPs with axion-photon coupling $g_{a\gamma \gamma} > 10^{-6}$ and axion-electron coupling $10^{-8}< g_{aee} < 10^{-4}$ in the 1 keV to 10 MeV mass range. This indicates that the experiment has the capability to constrain the unexplored cosmological triangle in the ALP-photon parameter space for ALPs in the MeV mass range. Comment: 8 pages, 18 figures
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/2407.14704 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv