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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Conceptual design of the International Axion Observatory (IAXO)
Journal of Instrumentation, Volume 9, No. 5, Article T05002, Year 2014
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The International Axion Observatory (IAXO) will be a forth generation axion helioscope. As its primary physics goal, IAXO will look for axions or axion-like particles (ALPs) originating in the Sun via the Primakoff conversion of the solar plasma photons. In terms of signal-to-noise ratio, IAXO will be about 4-5 orders of magnitude more sensitive than CAST, currently the most powerful axion helioscope, reaching sensitivity to axion-photon couplings down to a few × 10-12 GeV-1 and thus probing a large fraction of the currently unexplored axion and ALP parameter space. IAXO will also be sensitive to solar axions produced by mechanisms mediated by the axion-electron coupling gae with sensitivity - for the first time - to values of gae not previously excluded by astrophysics. With several other possible physics cases, IAXO has the potential to serve as a multi-purpose facility for generic axion and ALP research in the next decade. In this paper we present the conceptual design of IAXO, which follows the layout of an enhanced axion helioscope, based on a purpose-built 20 m-long 8-coils toroidal superconducting magnet. All the eight 60cm-diameter magnet bores are equipped with focusing x-ray optics, able to focus the signal photons into ∼ 0.2 cm2 spots that are imaged by ultra-low-background Micromegas x-ray detectors. The magnet is built into a structure with elevation and azimuth drives that will allow for solar tracking for ∼ 12 h each day.© CERN 2014 for the benefit of the IAXO collaboration..
Authors & Co-Authors
Armengaud, Éric
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Cea Saclay
Avignone, Frank T.I.
United States, Columbia
University of South Carolina
Betz, Michael
Switzerland, Geneva
Organisation Européenne Pour la Recherche Nucléaire
Brax, Philippe
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Cea Saclay
Brun, Pierre
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Cea Saclay
Cantatore, Giovanni
Italy, Trieste
Università Degli Studi Di Trieste
Carmona, José Manuel
Spain, Zaragoza
Universidad de Zaragoza
Carosi, Gianpaolo P.
United States, Livermore
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Caspers, Fritz
Switzerland, Geneva
Organisation Européenne Pour la Recherche Nucléaire
Caspi, Shlomo
United States, Berkeley
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Cetin, S. A.
Turkey, Istanbul
Doğuş Üniversitesi Istanbul
Chelouche, Doron
Israel, Haifa
University of Haifa
Christensen, Finn Erland E.
Denmark, Lyngby
Technical University of Denmark
Daël, Antoine
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Cea Saclay
Dafní, T.
Spain, Zaragoza
Universidad de Zaragoza
Davenport, Mark
Switzerland, Geneva
Organisation Européenne Pour la Recherche Nucléaire
Derbin, A. V.
Russian Federation, Gatchina
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute Pnpi
Desch, Klaus K.
Germany, Bonn
Universität Bonn
Diago, A.
Spain, Zaragoza
Universidad de Zaragoza
Döbrich, Babette
Germany, Hamburg
Deutsches Elektronen-synchrotron Desy
Dratchnev, I. S.
Russian Federation, Gatchina
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute Pnpi
Dudarev, Alexey V.
Switzerland, Geneva
Organisation Européenne Pour la Recherche Nucléaire
Eleftheriadis, Christos A.
Greece, Thessaloniki
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Fanourakis, George K.
Greece, Athens
National Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos
Ferrer-Ribas, Esther
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Cea Saclay
Galán, Javier
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Cea Saclay
García Pascual, J. A.
Spain, Zaragoza
Universidad de Zaragoza
Garza, J. G.
Spain, Zaragoza
Universidad de Zaragoza
Geralis, Theodoros
Greece, Athens
National Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos
Gimeno, Benito
Spain, Valencia
Universitat de València
Giomataris, Ioannis
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Cea Saclay
Gninenko, Sergei N.
Russian Federation, Moscow
Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Gomez, H.
Spain, Zaragoza
Universidad de Zaragoza
Gonźlez-Díaz, D.
Spain, Zaragoza
Universidad de Zaragoza
Guendelman, Eduardo I.
Israel, Beer-sheva
Ben-gurion University of the Negev
Hailey, Charles J.
United States, New York
Columbia University
Hiramatsu, Takashi
Japan, Kyoto
Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics
Hoffmann, Dieter H.H.
Germany, Darmstadt
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Horns, Dieter
Germany, Hamburg
Universität Hamburg
Iguaz, F. J.
Spain, Zaragoza
Universidad de Zaragoza
Irastorza, Igor García
Spain, Zaragoza
Universidad de Zaragoza
Isern, Jordi
Spain, Barcelona
Csic - Instituto de Ciencias Del Espacio Ice
Imai, Ken'Ichi
Japan, Kashiwa
Japan Atomic Energy Agency
Jakobsen, A. C.
Denmark, Lyngby
Technical University of Denmark
Jaeckel, Joerg
Germany, Heidelberg
Institut Für Theoretische Physik Heidelberg
Jakovčić, Krešimir
Croatia, Zagreb
Institut Ruđer Bošković
Kaminski, Jochen
Germany, Bonn
Universität Bonn
Kawasaki, Masahiro
Japan, Tokyo
The University of Tokyo
Karuza, Marin
Croatia, Rijeka
University of Rijeka
Krčmar, Milica
Croatia, Zagreb
Institut Ruđer Bošković
Kousouris, Konstantinos S.
Switzerland, Geneva
Organisation Européenne Pour la Recherche Nucléaire
Krieger, Christoph
Germany, Bonn
Universität Bonn
Lakić, Biljana
Croatia, Zagreb
Institut Ruđer Bošković
Limousin, Olivier O.
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Cea Saclay
Lindner, Axel
Germany, Hamburg
Deutsches Elektronen-synchrotron Desy
Liolios, A.
Greece, Thessaloniki
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Luzón, Gloria A.
Spain, Zaragoza
Universidad de Zaragoza
Matsuki, Seishi
Japan, Kyoto
Research Center for Low Temperature and Materials Sciences
Muratova, V. N.
Russian Federation, Gatchina
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute Pnpi
Nones, Claudia
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Cea Saclay
Ortega, Inaki
Spain, Zaragoza
Universidad de Zaragoza
Papaevangelou, Thomas
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Cea Saclay
Pivovaroff, M. J.
United States, Livermore
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Raffelt, Georg G.
Germany, Munich
Max Planck Institute for Physics Werner Heisenberg Institute
Redondo, Javier
Germany, Munich
Max Planck Institute for Physics Werner Heisenberg Institute
Ringwald, Andreas
Germany, Hamburg
Deutsches Elektronen-synchrotron Desy
Russenschuck, Stephan
Switzerland, Geneva
Organisation Européenne Pour la Recherche Nucléaire
Ruz, Jaime
United States, Livermore
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Saikawa, Ken'Ichi
Japan, Tokyo
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Savvidis, Ilias
Greece, Thessaloniki
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Sekiguchi, Toyokazu
Japan, Tokyo
The University of Tokyo
Semertzidis, Yannis K.
United States, Upton
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Shilon, Idan
Switzerland, Geneva
Organisation Européenne Pour la Recherche Nucléaire
Sikivie, Pierre
United States, Gainesville
University of Florida
da Silva, Helder Pais
Switzerland, Geneva
Organisation Européenne Pour la Recherche Nucléaire
Ten Kate, Herman H.J.
Switzerland, Geneva
Organisation Européenne Pour la Recherche Nucléaire
Tomas, Alejandra
Spain, Zaragoza
Universidad de Zaragoza
Troitsky, Sergey V.
Russian Federation, Moscow
Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Vafeiadis, Theodoros
Switzerland, Geneva
Organisation Européenne Pour la Recherche Nucléaire
van Bibber, Karl A.
United States, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
Védrine, Pierre
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Cea Saclay
Villar, José Ángel
Spain, Zaragoza
Universidad de Zaragoza
Vogel, Julia K.
United States, Livermore
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Walckiers, Louis
Switzerland, Geneva
Organisation Européenne Pour la Recherche Nucléaire
Weltman, Amanda
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Wester, William C.
United States, Batavia
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Yildiz, S. C.
Turkey, Istanbul
Doğuş Üniversitesi Istanbul
Zioutas, Konstantin
Greece, Rio
University of Patras
Statistics
Citations: 274
Authors: 88
Affiliations: 37
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1088/1748-0221/9/05/T05002
e-ISSN:
17480221
Research Areas
Health System And Policy