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Report number arXiv:1404.1455
Title First Axion Results from the XENON100 Experiment
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Aprile, E. (Columbia U.) ; Agostini, F. (Bologna U. ; INFN, Bologna) ; Alfonsi, M. (Nikhef, Amsterdam ; Amsterdam U.) ; Arisaka, K. (UCLA) ; Arneodo, F. (Gran Sasso) ; Auger, M. (Cambridge U., Inst. of Astron.) ; Balan, C. (Coimbra U.) ; Barrow, P. ; Baudis, L. (Zurich U.) ; Bauermeister, B. (Mainz U., Inst. Phys.) ; Behrens, A. (CERN) ; Beltrame, P. (UCLA ; Weizmann Inst.) ; Bokeloh, K. (Munster U.) ; Brown, A. (Purdue U.) ; Brown, E. (Munster U.) ; Bruenner, S. (Heidelberg, Max Planck Inst.) ; Bruno, G. (Louvain U.) ; Budnik, R. (Columbia U.) ; Cardoso, J.M.R. ; Colijn, A.P. (Nikhef, Amsterdam ; Amsterdam U.) ; Contreras, H. (Columbia U.) ; Cussonneau, J.P. ; Decowski, M.P. (Nikhef, Amsterdam ; Amsterdam U.) ; Duchovni, E. (Weizmann Inst.) ; Fattori, S. (Mainz U., Inst. Phys.) ; Ferella, A.D. ; Fulgione, W. (INFN, Turin ; Turin Observ.) ; Gao, F. (Shanghai Jiaotong U.) ; Garbini, M. (Bologna U. ; INFN, Bologna) ; Geis, C. (Mainz U., Inst. Phys.) ; Goetzke, L.W. (Columbia U.) ; Grignon, C. (Mainz U., Inst. Phys.) ; Gross, E. (Weizmann Inst.) ; Hampel, W. (Heidelberg, Max Planck Inst.) ; Itay, R. (Weizmann Inst.) ; Kaether, F. (Heidelberg, Max Planck Inst.) ; Kessler, G. (Zurich U.) ; Kish, A. (Zurich U.) ; Landsman, H. (Wisconsin U., Madison) ; Lang, R.F. ; Calloch, M. Le ; Lellouch, D. (Weizmann Inst.) ; Levy, C. (Munster U.) ; Lindemann, S. (Heidelberg, Max Planck Inst.) ; Lindner, M. (Heidelberg, Max Planck Inst.) ; Lopes, J.A.M. ; Lung, K. (UCLA) ; Lyashenko, A. (UCLA ; Yale U.) ; Macmullin, S. (North Carolina U. ; TUNL, Durham) ; Marrodan Undagoitia, T. (Heidelberg, Max Planck Inst. ; Zurich U.) ; Masbou, J. (INFN, Padua ; Padua U.) ; Massoli, F.V. (Bologna U. ; INFN, Bologna) ; Mayani Paras, D. (Mexico U., ICN) ; Melgarejo Fernandez, A. J. (Columbia U. ; Puebla U., Mexico) ; Meng, Y. (UCLA) ; Messina, M. (Columbia U.) ; Miguez, B. (INFN, Turin ; OATo, Turin) ; Molinario, A. (INFN, Turin) ; Murra, M. (Munster U.) ; Naganoma, J. (Waseda U.) ; Oberlack, U. (Mainz U., Inst. Phys.) ; Orrigo, S.E.A. ; Pantic, E. (UCLA ; UC, Davis) ; Persiani, R. (Bologna U. ; INFN, Bologna) ; Piastra, F. (INFN, Pisa ; LNF, Dafne Light ; Pisa U.) ; Pienaar, J. ; Plante, G. (Columbia U.) ; Priel, N. (Weizmann Inst.) ; Reichard, S. (Purdue U.) ; Reuter, C. ; Rizzo, A. (Columbia U. ; INFN, Rome) ; Rosendahl, S. (Munster U.) ; dos Santos, J. M. F. ; Sartorelli, G. (Bologna U. ; INFN, Bologna) ; Schindler, S. (Caltech) ; Schreiner, J. (Heidelberg, Max Planck Inst.) ; Schumann, M. ; Scotto Lavina, L. (Nantes U. ; SUBATECH, Nantes) ; Selvi, M. (Bologna U. ; INFN, Bologna) ; Shagin, P. (Rice U.) ; Simgen, H. (Heidelberg, Max Planck Inst.) ; Teymourian, A. (UCLA) ; Thers, D. (SUBATECH, Nantes) ; Tiseni, A. (Nikhef, Amsterdam ; Bologna U. ; INFN, Bologna ; Amsterdam U.) ; Trinchero, G. (IFSI, Turin) ; Vitells, O. (Weizmann Inst.) ; Wang, H. (UCLA) ; Weber, M. (Houston U.) ; Weinheimer, C. (Munster U.)

Publication 2014-09-09
Imprint 05 Apr 2014
Number of pages 7
In: Phys. Rev. D 90, 6 (2014) pp.062009
DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.90.062009
10.1103/PhysRevD.95.029904 (Erratum)
Subject category Astrophysics and Astronomy
Abstract We present the first results of searches for axions and axion-like-particles with the XENON100 experiment. The axion-electron coupling constant, $g_{Ae}$, has been tested by exploiting the axio-electric effect in liquid xenon. A profile likelihood analysis of 224.6 live days $\times$ 34 kg exposure has shown no evidence for a signal. By rejecting $g_{Ae}$, larger than $7.7 \times 10^{-12}$ (90% CL) in the solar axion search, we set the best limit to date on this coupling. In the frame of the DFSZ and KSVZ models, we exclude QCD axions heavier than 0.3 eV/c$^2$ and 80 eV/c$^2$, respectively. For axion-like-particles, under the assumption that they constitute the whole abundance of dark matter in our galaxy, we constrain $g_{Ae}$, to be lower than $1 \times 10^{-12}$ (90% CL) for masses between 5 and 10 keV/c$^2$.
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