CAST: A search for solar axions at CERN

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dc.creatorCollar, J. I.
dc.date2003-04-15
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T03:35:44Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T03:35:44Z
dc.descriptionThe 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.
dc.descriptionPresented at the SPIE conference on Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, Waikoloa, Hawaii, 2002. 5 pages, 4 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0304024
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0304024
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/37467
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Experiment
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.subjectNuclear Experiment
dc.subjectInstrumentation and Detectors
dc.titleCAST: A search for solar axions at CERN
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