J
2015
New exclusion limits on scalar and pseudoscalar axionlike particles from light shining through a wall
BALLOU, R.; G. DEFERNE; M. Jr. FINGER; M. FINGER; L. FLEKOVA et al.
Basic information
Original name
New exclusion limits on scalar and pseudoscalar axionlike particles from light shining through a wall
Authors
BALLOU, R.; G. DEFERNE; M. Jr. FINGER; M. FINGER; L. FLEKOVA; J. HOSEK; Štěpán KUNC; K. MACUCHOVA; K. A. MEISSNER; P. PUGNAT; M. SCHOTT; A. SIEMKO; M. SLUNECKA; Miroslav ŠULC; C. WEINSHEIMER and J. ZICHA
Edition
PHYSICAL REVIEW D, USA, AMER PHYSICAL SOC, ONE PHYSICS ELLIPSE, COLLEGE PK, MD 20740-3844 USA, 2015, 1550-7998
Other information
Type of outcome
Article in a journal
Field of Study
Nuclear, atomic and molecular physics, accelerators
Country of publisher
United States of America
Confidentiality degree
is not subject to a state or trade secret
Marked to be transferred to RIV
Yes
RIV identification code
RIV/46747885:24510/15:#0001232
Organization
Faculty of Science, Humanities and Education – Technical University of Liberec – Repository
Keywords in English
INVISIBLE AXION; DARK-MATTER; SEARCH
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
In the original language
Physics beyond the Standard Model predicts the possible existence of new particles that can be searched at the low-energy frontier in the sub-eV range. The OSQAR photon regeneration experiment looks for "light shining through a wall" from the quantum oscillation of optical photons into "weakly interacting subeV particles," such as axion or axionlike particles (ALPs) in a 9 T transverse magnetic field over a length of 2 x 14.3 m. In 2014, this experiment was run with an outstanding sensitivity, using an 18.5 W continuous wave laser emitting in the green at the single wavelength of 532 nm. No regenerated photons have been detected after the wall, pushing the limits for the existence of axions and ALPs down to an unprecedented level for such type of laboratory experiment. The diphoton couplings of possible pseudoscalar and scalar ALPs can be constrained in the nearly massless limit to be less than 3.5 x 10(-8) GeV-1 and 3.2 x 10(-8) GeV-1, respectively, at 95% confidence level.
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