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Search for solar axions generated by the Primakoff effect with resonance absorption by 169Tm

  • Proceedings of the International Conference “Nucleus, 2009: Fundamental Problems and Applications of Nuclei Physics from Nanotechnology to Space” (LIX International Meeting on Nuclear Spectroscopy and the Structure of Atomic Nuclei)
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We searched for resonant excitation of the first excited state of the 169Tm nucleus by axions formed inside the Sun by the Primakoff effect, A + 169Tm → 169Tm* → 169Tm + γ (8.41keV). Gamma quanta with an energy of 8.41keV were registered by a sectionalized Si(Li) detector installed in a low-background setup. As a result, we set a new upper limit for the photon to axion coupling constant, g Aγ (GeV−1)m A (eV) ≤ 1.06 × 10−5, which for a hadronic axion model corresponds to a mass limit of m A ≤ 169 eV at a 90% confidence level.

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    A. V. Derbin, S. B. Bakhlanov, A. I. Egorov, I. A. Mitropolsky, V. N. Muratova, D. A. Semenov & E. V. Unzhakov

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Original Russian Text © A.V. Derbin, S.B. Bakhlanov, A.I. Egorov, I.A. Mitropolsky, V.N. Muratova, D.A. Semenov, E.V. Unzhakov, 2010, published in Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Fizicheskaya, 2010, Vol. 74, No. 4, pp. 514–519.

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Derbin, A.V., Bakhlanov, S.B., Egorov, A.I. et al. Search for solar axions generated by the Primakoff effect with resonance absorption by 169Tm. Bull. Russ. Acad. Sci. Phys. 74, 481–486 (2010). https://doi.org/10.3103/S106287381004012X

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