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    EP Seminar

    Solar Axion Search at CERN - Motivation, first results, and implications

    by Georg Raffelt (MPI für Physik, München)

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    500/1-001 - Main Auditorium (CERN)

    500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

    CERN

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    Description
    The CERN Axion Solar Telescope (CAST) uses a decommissioned LHC test magnet to search for axions emitted by the Sun. Within the magnetic field region, axions mix with photons and thus oscillate into x-rays that can be detected at the far end of the magnet whenever it is oriented toward the Sun. The data taken in 2003 provide the first laboratory limits on the axion-photon coupling that are comparable with previous astrophysical limits. The motivation for this experiment will be reviewed and first results will be presented. Implications and future directions will be discussed.



    Organiser(s): Rolf Landua / PH-EP Department

    Note: * Tea & coffee will be served at 16.00 hrs.
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