Speakers
Dr
Jaime Ruz Armendariz
(LLNL)
Maurizio Giannotti
(Barry University)Dr
Maurizio Giannotti
Description
The International Axion Observatory (IAXO) is a proposed next-generation axion helioscope with the primary physics research goal to search for solar axions via their Primakoff conversion into photons in a strong magnetic field.
IAXO consists of a 20 m long superconducting 8-coil toroidal magnet optimized for axion research. Each one of the eight 60-cm-diameter magnet bores is equipped with state-of-the-art x-ray optics and low-background x-ray detectors. The magnet is built into a structure with elevation and azimuth drives that allow for daily solar tracking.
IAXO will achieve a sensitivity to the axion-photon coupling gaγγ down to a few 10-12 GeV-1 for a wide range of axion masses up to ~0.25 eV. This is an improvement over the currently best axion helioscope, the CERN Axion Solar Telescope (CAST), of about 5 orders of magnitude in signal strength.
Author
Maurizio Giannotti
(Barry University)
Co-authors
Dr
Jaime Ruz Armendariz
(LLNL)
Dr
Julia Katharina Vogel
(LLNL)
Dr
Michael James Pivovaroff
(LLNL)
