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A search for resonant absorption of 14.4 keV solar axions by a 57Fe target was performed. The Si(Li) detector placed inside the low-background setup was used to detect the γ-quanta appearing in the deexcitation of the 14.4 keV nuclear level: A+57Fe→57Fe*→57Fe+γ. The new upper limit for the hadronic axion mass has been obtained of m A ≤159 eV (95% c.l.) (S=0.5, z=0.56).
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Derbin, A.V., Egorov, A.I., Mitropol’sky, I.A. et al. Search for resonant absorption of solar axions emitted in M1 transition in 57Fe nuclei. Eur. Phys. J. C 62, 755–760 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-009-1095-y
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