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

Language

English

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

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URL

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.92.092002

UT WoS

000364019700001

Keywords in English

INVISIBLE AXION; DARK-MATTER; SEARCH

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Changed: 16/2/2016 13:32, Štěpán Kunc

Abstract

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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