1. The CERN axion solar telescope (CAST): Status and prospects
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H. A. Farach, Georg G. Raffelt, I. Savvidis, M. Mutterer, J. M. Carmona, A. Nikolaidis, A. Ortiz, N. Goloubev, H. Fischer, C. Spano, J. I. Collar, Louis Walckiers, S. Cebrián, J. Morales, K. Königsmann, D. Autiero, Markus Kuster, R. J. Creswick, I. Giomataris, F. T. Avignone, Milica Krčmar, C. Eleftheriadis, Th. Papaevangelou, José Villar, R. De Oliveira, H. Riege, Ante Ljubičić, K. Barth, G. Luzón, Rainer Kotthaus, Harry S. Miley, G. Fanourskis, E. Arik, B. Vullierme, S. N. Gninenko, Ronald L. Brodzinski, L. Di Lella, F. Formenti, Konstantin Zioutas, Dieter H. H. Hoffmann, G. Lutz, I. G. Irastorza, T. Geralis, A. Morales, M. Hasinoff, Biljana Lakić, S. Andriamonje, A. Liolios, J. Jacoby, A. Placci, D. Kang, Heinrich Bräuninger, Serkant Ali Cetin, A. Delbart, R. Hartmann, M.L. Sarsa, K. Zachariadou, and Flores, Sylvie
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Physics ,Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,Particle physics ,Photon ,Large Hadron Collider ,Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,Dark matter ,High Energy Physics::Phenomenology ,Cryogenics ,[SDU.ASTR] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph] ,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics ,Magnetic field ,Nuclear physics ,CERN Axion Solar Telescope (CAST) ,[PHYS.ASTR.CO] Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO] ,Magnet ,High Energy Physics::Experiment ,CERN Axion Solar Telescope ,Axion - Abstract
The CAST experiment is being mounted at CERN. It will make use of a decommissioned LHC test magnet to look for solar axions through its conversion into photons inside the magnetic field. The magnet has a field of 9.6 Tesla and length of 10 m and is installed in a platform which allows to move it +-8° vertically and +-40° horizontally. According to these numbers we expect a sensitivity in axion-photon coupling g_alpha gamma gamma
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- 2003