Towards a medium-scale axion helioscope and haloscope

  • V. Anastassopoulos
  • , F. Avignone
  • , A. Bykov
  • , G. Cantatore
  • , S. A. Cetin
  • , A. Derbin
  • , I. Drachnev
  • , R. Djilkibaev
  • , V. Eremin
  • , H. Fischer
  • , A. Gangapshev
  • , A. Gardikiotis
  • , S. Gninenko
  • , N. Golubev
  • , D. H.H. Hoffmann
  • , M. Karuza
  • , L. Kravchuk
  • , M. Libanov
  • , A. Lutovinov
  • , M. Maroudas
  • V. Matveev, S. Molkov, V. Muratova, V. Pantuev, M. Pavlinsky, K. Ptitsyna, G. Rubtsov, D. Semenov, P. Sikivie, A. Spiridonov, P. Tinyakov, I. Tkachev, S. Troitsky, E. Unzhakov, K. Zioutas

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Abstract

We discuss the physics case for and the concept of a medium-scale axion helioscope with sensitivities in the axion-photon coupling a few times better than CERN Axion Solar Telescope (CAST). Search for an axion-like particle with these couplings is motivated by several persistent astrophysical anomalies. We present early conceptual design, existing infrastructure, projected sensitivity and timeline of such a helioscope (Troitsk Axion Solar Telescope Experiment, TASTE) to be constructed in the Institute for Nuclear Research, Troitsk, Russia. The proposed instrument may be also used for the search of dark-matter halo axions.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberP11019
JournalJournal of Instrumentation
Volume12
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Nov 2017
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Dark Matter detectors (WIMPs, axions, etc.)
  • Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics
  • X-ray detectors

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