CERN Accelerating science

Preprint
Report number	hep-ex/0304024
Title	CAST : A search for solar axions at CERN
Author(s)	Collar, J.I. (Chicago U., EFI) ; Andriamonje, S. ; Arik, E. ; Autiero, D. ; Avignone, F. ; Barth, K. ; Bingol, E. ; Brauninger, H. ; Brodzinski, R. ; Carmona, J. ; Chesi, E. ; Cebrian, S. ; Cetin, S. ; Cipolla, G. ; Creswick, R. ; Dafni, T. ; Davenport, M. ; De Oliveira, R. ; Dedoussis, S. ; Di Lella, L. ; Eleftheriadis, C. ; Fanourakis, G. ; Farach, H. ; Ferrer, E. ; Fischer, H. ; Formenti, F. ; Geralis, T. ; Giomataris, I. ; Gninenko, S. ; Goloubev, N. ; Hartmann, R. ; Hasinoff, M. ; Hoffmann, D. ; Irastorza, I.G. ; Jacoby, J. ; Kang, D. ; Konigsmann, Kay ; Kotthaus, R. ; Krcmar, M. ; Kuster, M. ; Lakic, B. ; Liolios, A. ; Ljubicic, A. ; Lutz, G. ; Luzon, G. ; Miley, H. ; Morales, A. ; Morales, J. ; Mutterer, M. ; Nicolaidis, A. ; Ortiz, A. ; Papaevangelou, T. ; Placci, A. ; Raffelt, G. ; Riege, H. ; Sarsa, M. ; Savvidis, I. ; Schopper, R. ; Semertzidis, Y.K. ; Spano, C. ; Stipcevic, M. ; Vasileiou, V. ; Villar, J. ; Vullierme, B. ; Walckiers, L. ; Zachariadou, K. ; Zioutas, K.
Publication	2003
Imprint	15 Apr 2003
Number of pages	5
Presented at	Conference on Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumenation, Waikoloa, HI, USA, 22 - 28 Aug 2002
Subject category	Particle Physics - Experiment
Abstract	The new axion helioscope at CERN started acquiring data during September of 2002: CAST (Cern Axion Solar Telescope) employs a decommissioned LHC dipole magnet to convert putative solar axions or axion-like particles into detectable photons. The unprecedented dipole magnet intensity and length (9.5 T, 10 m) results in a projected sensitivity that surpasses astrophysical constraints on these particles for the first time, increasing the chance of discovery. The use of X-ray focusing optics and state-of-the-art detector technology has led to an extremely low background for an experiment above ground. A brief status report is given, with emphasis on the tracking and control system and possible future extensions.
Other source	Inspire
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