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Physics potential of the International Axion Observatory (IAXO)

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dc.contributor Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
dc.creator Perez, Kerstin M.
dc.date 2022-08-10T20:48:35Z
dc.date 2021-09-20T18:22:03Z
dc.date 2022-08-10T20:48:35Z
dc.date 2019
dc.date 2020-11-09T15:18:49Z
dc.date.accessioned 2023-02-17T20:27:45Z
dc.date.available 2023-02-17T20:27:45Z
dc.identifier https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/132363.2
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/242587
dc.description © 2019 IOP Publishing Ltd and Sissa Medialab. We review the physics potential of a next generation search for solar axions: the International Axion Observatory (IAXO) . Endowed with a sensitivity to discover axion-like particles (ALPs) with a coupling to photons as small as gaγ∼ 10-12 GeV-1, or to electrons gae∼10-13, IAXO has the potential to find the QCD axion in the 1 meV∼1 eV mass range where it solves the strong CP problem, can account for the cold dark matter of the Universe and be responsible for the anomalous cooling observed in a number of stellar systems. At the same time, IAXO will have enough sensitivity to detect lower mass axions invoked to explain: 1) the origin of the anomalous "transparency" of the Universe to gamma-rays, 2) the observed soft X-ray excess from galaxy clusters or 3) some inflationary models. In addition, we review string theory axions with parameters accessible by IAXO and discuss their potential role in cosmology as Dark Matter and Dark Radiation as well as their connections to the above mentioned conundrums.
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dc.language en
dc.publisher IOP Publishing
dc.relation 10.1088/1475-7516/2019/06/047
dc.relation Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
dc.rights Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
dc.source arXiv
dc.title Physics potential of the International Axion Observatory (IAXO)
dc.type Article
dc.type http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle


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