Physics Letters B (Oct 2015)
Search for chameleons with CAST
- V. Anastassopoulos,
- M. Arik,
- S. Aune,
- K. Barth,
- A. Belov,
- H. Bräuninger,
- G. Cantatore,
- J.M. Carmona,
- S.A. Cetin,
- F. Christensen,
- J.I. Collar,
- T. Dafni,
- M. Davenport,
- K. Desch,
- A. Dermenev,
- C. Eleftheriadis,
- G. Fanourakis,
- E. Ferrer-Ribas,
- P. Friedrich,
- J. Galán,
- J.A. García,
- A. Gardikiotis,
- J.G. Garza,
- E.N. Gazis,
- T. Geralis,
- I. Giomataris,
- C. Hailey,
- F. Haug,
- M.D. Hasinoff,
- D.H.H. Hoffmann,
- F.J. Iguaz,
- I.G. Irastorza,
- J. Jacoby,
- A. Jakobsen,
- K. Jakovčić,
- J. Kaminski,
- M. Karuza,
- M. Kavuk,
- M. Krčmar,
- C. Krieger,
- A. Krüger,
- B. Lakić,
- J.M. Laurent,
- A. Liolios,
- A. Ljubičić,
- G. Luzón,
- S. Neff,
- I. Ortega,
- T. Papaevangelou,
- M.J. Pivovaroff,
- G. Raffelt,
- H. Riege,
- M. Rosu,
- J. Ruz,
- I. Savvidis,
- S.K. Solanki,
- T. Vafeiadis,
- J.A. Villar,
- J.K. Vogel,
- S.C. Yildiz,
- K. Zioutas,
- P. Brax,
- I. Lavrentyev,
- A. Upadhye
Affiliations
- V. Anastassopoulos
- Physics Department, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
- M. Arik
- Dogus University, Istanbul, Turkey
- S. Aune
- IRFU, Centre d' Etudes Nucléaires de Saclay (CEA-Saclay), Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- K. Barth
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Genève, Switzerland
- A. Belov
- Institute for Nuclear Research (INR), Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- H. Bräuninger
- Max-Planck-Institut fúr Extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany
- G. Cantatore
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Sezione di Trieste and Università di Trieste, Trieste, Italy
- J.M. Carmona
- Instituto de Física Nuclear y Altas Energías, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
- S.A. Cetin
- Dogus University, Istanbul, Turkey
- F. Christensen
- Danish Technical University-Space (DTU), Copenhagen, Denmark
- J.I. Collar
- Enrico Fermi Institute and KICP, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America
- T. Dafni
- Instituto de Física Nuclear y Altas Energías, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
- M. Davenport
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Genève, Switzerland
- K. Desch
- Physikalisches Institut, Universität of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
- A. Dermenev
- Institute for Nuclear Research (INR), Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- C. Eleftheriadis
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
- G. Fanourakis
- National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”, Athens, Greece
- E. Ferrer-Ribas
- IRFU, Centre d' Etudes Nucléaires de Saclay (CEA-Saclay), Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- P. Friedrich
- Max-Planck-Institut fúr Extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany
- J. Galán
- IRFU, Centre d' Etudes Nucléaires de Saclay (CEA-Saclay), Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- J.A. García
- Instituto de Física Nuclear y Altas Energías, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
- A. Gardikiotis
- Physics Department, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
- J.G. Garza
- Instituto de Física Nuclear y Altas Energías, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
- E.N. Gazis
- National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece
- T. Geralis
- National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”, Athens, Greece
- I. Giomataris
- IRFU, Centre d' Etudes Nucléaires de Saclay (CEA-Saclay), Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- C. Hailey
- Columbia University (CU), New York, United States of America
- F. Haug
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Genève, Switzerland
- M.D. Hasinoff
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
- D.H.H. Hoffmann
- Technische Universität Darmstadt, IKP, Darmstadt, Germany
- F.J. Iguaz
- Instituto de Física Nuclear y Altas Energías, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
- I.G. Irastorza
- Instituto de Física Nuclear y Altas Energías, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
- J. Jacoby
- J.W. Goethe-Universität, Institut fúr Angewandte Physik, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- A. Jakobsen
- Danish Technical University-Space (DTU), Copenhagen, Denmark
- K. Jakovčić
- Rudjer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
- J. Kaminski
- Physikalisches Institut, Universität of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
- M. Karuza
- Physics Department and Center for Micro and Nano Sciences and Technologies, University of Rijeka, Croatia
- M. Kavuk
- Dogus University, Istanbul, Turkey
- M. Krčmar
- Rudjer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
- C. Krieger
- Physikalisches Institut, Universität of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
- A. Krüger
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Genève, Switzerland
- B. Lakić
- Rudjer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
- J.M. Laurent
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Genève, Switzerland
- A. Liolios
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
- A. Ljubičić
- Rudjer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
- G. Luzón
- Instituto de Física Nuclear y Altas Energías, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
- S. Neff
- Technische Universität Darmstadt, IKP, Darmstadt, Germany
- I. Ortega
- Instituto de Física Nuclear y Altas Energías, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
- T. Papaevangelou
- IRFU, Centre d' Etudes Nucléaires de Saclay (CEA-Saclay), Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- M.J. Pivovaroff
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, United States of America
- G. Raffelt
- Max-Planck-Institut fúr Physik (Werner-Heisenberg-Institut), München, Germany
- H. Riege
- Technische Universität Darmstadt, IKP, Darmstadt, Germany
- M. Rosu
- Technische Universität Darmstadt, IKP, Darmstadt, Germany
- J. Ruz
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, United States of America
- I. Savvidis
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
- S.K. Solanki
- Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Göttingen, Germany
- T. Vafeiadis
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Genève, Switzerland
- J.A. Villar
- Instituto de Física Nuclear y Altas Energías, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
- J.K. Vogel
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, United States of America
- S.C. Yildiz
- Dogus University, Istanbul, Turkey
- K. Zioutas
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Genève, Switzerland
- P. Brax
- Institut de Physique Théorique, CEA, IPhT, CNRS, URA 2306, F-91191Gif/Yvette Cedex, France
- I. Lavrentyev
- Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, United States of America
- A. Upadhye
- Physics Dep., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1150 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, United States of America
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2015.07.049
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 749,
no. C
pp. 172 – 180
Abstract
In this work we present a search for (solar) chameleons with the CERN Axion Solar Telescope (CAST). This novel experimental technique, in the field of dark energy research, exploits both the chameleon coupling to matter (βm) and to photons (βγ) via the Primakoff effect. By reducing the X-ray detection energy threshold used for axions from 1 keV to 400 eV CAST became sensitive to the converted solar chameleon spectrum which peaks around 600 eV. Even though we have not observed any excess above background, we can provide a 95% C.L. limit for the coupling strength of chameleons to photons of βγ≲1011 for 1<βm<106.
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