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Limits on heavy axion production from the reactionn(p, a)d

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Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields

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A search has been made for the creation of short-lived axions in the isovector transitionn(p, a)d decaying intoe + e −-pairs. The production of Peccei-Quinn axions can be excluded for 1.21<m a <1.98 MeVc −2 (90%CL). Limits on variant axion models are derived.

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  1. Central Institute for Nuclear Research of the Academy of Science, DDR-8051, Dresden, German Democratic Republic

    W. Enghardt, K. -H. Kaun & H. Prade

  2. Institute for High Energy Physics of the Academy of Science, DDR-1615, Berlin-Zeuthen, Geman Democratic Republic

    J. Blümlein & K. Lanius

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Enghardt, W., Kaun, K.H., Prade, H. et al. Limits on heavy axion production from the reactionn(p, a)d . Z. Phys. C - Particles and Fields 35, 511–515 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01596903

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