1. Search for axions with the CDMS experiment
- Author
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R. Bunker, J. Hall, A. Reisetter, P. L. Brink, W. Rau, F. DeJongh, Donald J. Holmgren, D. Balakishiyeva, Bernard Sadoulet, M. Pyle, M. R. Dragowsky, L. Hsu, S. A. Hertel, J. Yoo, Jeffrey P. Filippini, David Moore, D. O. Caldwell, D. N. Seitz, S. Arrenberg, L. Duong, Martin E. Huber, Tarek Saab, X. Qiu, N. Mirabolfathi, R. W. Ogburn, Jodi Cooley, Sunil Golwala, E. J. Ramberg, J. Sander, Betty A. Young, D. S. Akerib, Z. Ahmed, R. Mahapatra, K. M. Sundqvist, M. Kos, H. N. Nelson, S. J. Yellin, Kevin A. McCarthy, C. N. Bailey, Enectali Figueroa-Feliciano, O. Kamaev, R. Hennings-Yeomans, Darren Grant, G. Wang, T. Bruch, Bruno Serfass, R. W. Schnee, Blas Cabrera, Steven W. Leman, P. Cushman, Laura Baudis, M. Kiveni, J. Beaty, Matthew Fritts, Vuk Mandic, D. A. Bauer, and M. Tarka
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Physics ,Particle physics ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,Dark matter ,High Energy Physics::Phenomenology ,FOS: Physical sciences ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Elementary particle ,Fermion ,7. Clean energy ,01 natural sciences ,Galaxy ,High Energy Physics - Experiment ,Massless particle ,High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) ,High Energy Physics::Theory ,0103 physical sciences ,High Energy Physics::Experiment ,Cryogenic Dark Matter Search ,010306 general physics ,Axion ,Lepton - Abstract
We report on the first axion search results from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) experiment at the Soudan Underground Laboratory. An energy threshold of 2 keV for electron-recoil events allows a search for possible solar axion conversion into photons or local Galactic axion conversion into electrons in the germanium crystal detectors. The solar axion search sets an upper limit on the Primakov coupling $g_{a\gamma\gamma}$ of 2.4$ \times 10^{-9}$ GeV$^{-1}$ at the 95% confidence level for an axion mass less than 0.1 keV/c$^2$. This limit benefits from the first precise measurement of the absolute crystal plane orientations in this type of experiment. The Galactic axion search analysis sets a world-leading experimental upper limit on the axio-electric coupling $g_{a\bar{e}e}$ of 1.4$ \times 10^{-12}$ at the 90 % confidence level for an axion mass of 2.5 keV/c$^2$. This analysis excludes an interpretation of the DAMA annual modulation result in terms of Galactic axion interactions for axion masses above 1.4 keV/c$^2$., Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures
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- 2009