Orateur
M.
Yoshizumi Inoue
(University of Tokyo)
Description
The axion is a hypothetical particle which was introduced to explain the magical CP conservation in QCD.
The Tokyo axion helioscope aims to detect axions which can be produced in the sun if axions exist. It is equipped with a 2.3m-long 4T superconducting magnet to convert axions into photons, a gas container to hold dispersion-matching medium, a PIN-photodiode-array X-ray detector, and a telescope mount mechanism
to track the sun. In the past measurements, axion mass up to 0.27eV
have been scanned. Currently, we are in a new phase, where the mass
region at around 1eV and higher is targetted.
In my talk, the latest result and the status of this experiment
will be presented with the comparison with other solar axion searches including CAST. Some other axion search experiments will also be reviewed briefly.
Author
M.
Yoshizumi Inoue
(University of Tokyo)
Co-auteurs
Prof.
Akira Yamamoto
(KEK)
Prof.
Makoto Minowa
(University of Tokyo)
M.
Ryosuke Ohta
(University of Tokyo)
M.
Tetsuya Mizumoto
(University of Tokyo)
Dr
Yuki Akimoto
(University of Tokyo)
