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Title	The CERN Axion Solar Telescope
Author(s)	Hasinoff, M D (CERN ; British Columbia U.) ; Andriamonje, S (DAPNIA, Saclay) ; Arik, E (Bogazici U.) ; Autiero, D (CERN) ; Avignone, F (South Carolina U.) ; Barth, K (CERN) ; Bingol, E (Darmstadt, Tech. Hochsch.) ; Brauninger, H (Garching, Max Planck Inst., MPE) ; Brodzinski, R (PNL, Richland) ; Carmona, J (U. Zaragoza (main)) ; Chesi, E (CERN ; British Columbia U.) ; Cebrian, S (U. Zaragoza (main)) ; Cetin, S (Bogazici U.) ; Collar, J (Chicago U., EFI) ; Creswick, R (South Carolina U.) ; Dafni, T (Darmstadt, Tech. Hochsch.) ; De Oliveira, R (CERN) ; Dedoussis, S (Aristotle U., Thessaloniki) ; Delbart, A (DAPNIA, Saclay) ; Di Lella, L (CERN) ; Eleftheriadis, C (Aristotle U., Thessaloniki) ; Fanourakis, G (Democritos Nucl. Res. Ctr.) ; Farach, H (South Carolina U.) ; Fischer, H (Freiburg U.) ; Formenti, F (CERN) ; Geralis, T (Democritos Nucl. Res. Ctr.) ; Giomataris, I (DAPNIA, Saclay) ; Gninenko, S (Moscow, INR) ; Goloubev, N (Moscow, INR) ; Hartmann, R (Garching, Max Planck Inst., MPE) ; Hoffmann, D (Darmstadt, Tech. Hochsch.) ; Irastorza, I G (U. Zaragoza (main)) ; Jacoby, J (Darmstadt, Tech. Hochsch.) ; Kang, D (Freiburg U.) ; Konigsmann, K (Freiburg U.) ; Kotthaus, R (Munich, Max Planck Inst.) ; Krcmar, M (Boskovic Inst., Zagreb) ; Kuster, M (Garching, Max Planck Inst., MPE) ; Lakic, B (Boskovic Inst., Zagreb) ; Liolios, A (Aristotle U., Thessaloniki) ; LJubicic, A (Boskovic Inst., Zagreb) ; Lutz, G (Munich, Max Planck Inst.) ; Luzon, G (U. Zaragoza (main)) ; Miley, H (PNL, Richland) ; Morales, A (U. Zaragoza (main)) ; Morales, J (U. Zaragoza (main)) ; Mutterer, M (Darmstadt, Tech. Hochsch.) ; Nikolaidis, A (Aristotle U., Thessaloniki) ; Ortiz, A (U. Zaragoza (main)) ; Papaevangelou, T (Aristotle U., Thessaloniki) ; Placci, A (CERN) ; Raffelt, G (Munich, Max Planck Inst.) ; Riege, H (CERN) ; Sarsa, M (U. Zaragoza (main)) ; Savvidis, I (Aristotle U., Thessaloniki) ; Schopper, R (Darmstadt, Tech. Hochsch.) ; Semertzidis, I (Darmstadt, Tech. Hochsch.) ; Spano, C (Freiburg U.) ; Villar, J (U. Zaragoza (main)) ; Vullierme, B (CERN) ; Walckiers, L (CERN) ; Zachariadou, K (Democritos Nucl. Res. Ctr.) ; Zioutas, K (CERN ; Aristotle U., Thessaloniki)
Publication	2003
Number of pages	7
In:	4th International Workshop on New Worlds in Astroparticle Physics, Faro, Portugal, 5 - 7 Sep 2002, pp.103-109
DOI	10.1142/9789812791160_0009
Subject category	Particle Physics - Experiment
Accelerator/Facility, Experiment	CAST
Abstract	The CAST experiment at CERN is using a decommissioned LHC prototype magnet to search for solar axions through their Primakoff conversion into x-ray photons. The magnet (B = 9.0 Tesla, L = 10 m) can track the sun each day for a total exposure time of  180 minutes (sunrise + sunset). We expect to reach a sensitivity in axion-photon coupling, gaγγ ≲ 5 × 10-11 GeV-1 for ma ≲ 10-2 eV after ˜1 year's running time. By filling the beam tube with 4He or 3He gas we should be able to extend the sensitive axion mass region into the eV mass range.

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