The International Axion Observatory (IAXO) is a new generation axion helioscope aiming at a sensitivity to the axion-photon coupling of a few 10$^{12}$ GeV$^{-1}$, i.e. 1 - 1.5 orders of magnitude beyond the one currently achieved by CAST. The project relies on improvements in magnetic field volume together with extensive use of x-ray focusing optics and low background detectors, innovations already successfully tested in CAST. Additional physics cases of IAXO could include the detection of electron-coupled axions invoked to solve the white dwarfs anomaly, relic axions, and a large variety of more generic axion-like particles (ALPs) and other novel excitations at the low-energy frontier of elementary particle physics. This contribution is a summary of our paper [1] to which we refer for further details.
The International Axion Observatory (IAXO) / I. G., I., F. T., A., Cantatore, G., S., C., J. M., C., T., D., M., D., A., D., G., F., E., F.R., J., G., J. A., G., T., G., I., G., S., G., H., G., D. H. H., H., F. J., I., K., J., M., K., et al.. - ELETTRONICO. - DESY-PROC-2011-04:(2012), pp. 98-101. (7th Patras Workshop on Axions, WIMPs and WISPs Mykonos, Grecia 26/6/2011-1/7/2011).
The International Axion Observatory (IAXO)
CANTATORE, GIOVANNI;
2012-01-01
Abstract
The International Axion Observatory (IAXO) is a new generation axion helioscope aiming at a sensitivity to the axion-photon coupling of a few 10$^{12}$ GeV$^{-1}$, i.e. 1 - 1.5 orders of magnitude beyond the one currently achieved by CAST. The project relies on improvements in magnetic field volume together with extensive use of x-ray focusing optics and low background detectors, innovations already successfully tested in CAST. Additional physics cases of IAXO could include the detection of electron-coupled axions invoked to solve the white dwarfs anomaly, relic axions, and a large variety of more generic axion-like particles (ALPs) and other novel excitations at the low-energy frontier of elementary particle physics. This contribution is a summary of our paper [1] to which we refer for further details.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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