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., Irastorza; F. T., Avignone; Cantatore, Giovanni; S., Caspi; J. M., Carmona; T., Dafni; M., Davenport; A., Dudarev; G., Fanourakis; E., Ferrer Ribas; J., Galan; J. A., Garcia; T., Geralis; I., Giomataris; S., Gninenko; H., Gomez; D. H. H., Hoffmann; F. J., Iguaz; K., Jakovcic; M., Krcmar; B., Lakic; G., Luzon; A., Lindner; M., Pivovaroff; T., Papaevangelou; G., Raffelt; J., Redondo; A., Rodrıguez; S., Russenschuck; J., Ruz; I., Shilon; H., Ten Kate; A., Tomas; S., Troitsky; K., van Bibber; J. A., Villar; J., Vogel; L., Walckiers; K., Zioutas. - 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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