Search for Axions with the CDMS Experiment
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 e...
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| author | Figueroa-Feliciano, Enectali Hertel, Scott Alexander Leman, Steven W. McCarthy, Kevin Ahmad |
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| description | 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[subscript aγγ] of 2.4×10[superscript -9] GeV[superscript -1] at the 95% confidence level for an axion mass less than 0.1 keV/c[superscript 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 axioelectric coupling g[subscript ae[over-bar] e] of 1.4×10[superscript -12] at the 90% confidence level for an axion mass of 2.5 keV/c[superscript 2]. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/553592022-10-01T21:50:51Z Search for Axions with the CDMS Experiment Figueroa-Feliciano, Enectali Hertel, Scott Alexander Leman, Steven W. McCarthy, Kevin Ahmad Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology. School of Science MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research Figueroa-Feliciano, Enectali Figueroa-Feliciano, Enectali Hertel, Scott Alexander Leman, Steven W. McCarthy, Kevin Ahmad 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[subscript aγγ] of 2.4×10[superscript -9] GeV[superscript -1] at the 95% confidence level for an axion mass less than 0.1 keV/c[superscript 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 axioelectric coupling g[subscript ae[over-bar] e] of 1.4×10[superscript -12] at the 90% confidence level for an axion mass of 2.5 keV/c[superscript 2]. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Grant SAPIN 341314-07) Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF Grant No. 20-118119) United States Department of Energy ((Contracts No. DE-AC03-76SF00098, No. DE-FG02-91ER40688, No. DE-FG02-92ER40701, No. DE-FG03-90ER40569, and No. DE-FG03-91ER40618) National Science Foundation (Grant No. AST-9978911, No. PHY-0542066, No. PHY-0503729, No. PHY-0503629, No. PHY-0503641, No. PHY-0504224, and No. PHY- 0705052) 2010-06-02T15:02:13Z 2010-06-02T15:02:13Z 2009-10 2009-03 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0031-9007 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/55359 CDMS Collaboration et al. “Search for Axions with the CDMS Experiment.” Physical Review Letters 103.14 (2009): 141802. ©2009 American Physical Society. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9285-5556 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.141802 Physical Review Letters Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Physical Society APS |
| spellingShingle | Figueroa-Feliciano, Enectali Hertel, Scott Alexander Leman, Steven W. McCarthy, Kevin Ahmad Search for Axions with the CDMS Experiment |
| title | Search for Axions with the CDMS Experiment |
| title_full | Search for Axions with the CDMS Experiment |
| title_fullStr | Search for Axions with the CDMS Experiment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Search for Axions with the CDMS Experiment |
| title_short | Search for Axions with the CDMS Experiment |
| title_sort | search for axions with the cdms experiment |
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