The X-ray Telescope of the CAST Experiment

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dc.creatorKotthaus, R.
dc.creatorBraeuninger, H.
dc.creatorFriedrich, P.
dc.creatorHartmann, R.
dc.creatorKang, D.
dc.creatorKuster, M.
dc.creatorLutz, G.
dc.creatorStrueder, L.
dc.date2005-11-14
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:45:03Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T06:45:03Z
dc.descriptionThe CERN Axion Solar Telescope (CAST) searches for solar axions employing a 9 Tesla superconducting dipole magnet equipped with 3 independent detection systems for X-rays from axion-photon conversions inside the 10 m long magnetic field. Results of the first 6 months of data taking in 2003 imply a 95 % CL upper limit on the axion-photon coupling constant of 1.16x10(-10) GeV(-1) for axion masses < 0.02 eV. The most sensitive detector of CAST is a X-ray telescope consisting of a Wolter I type mirror system and a fully depleted pn-CCD as focal plane detector. Exploiting the full potential of background suppression by focussing X-rays emerging from the magnet bore, the axion sensitivity obtained with telescope data taken in 2004, for the first time in a controlled laboratory experiment, will supersede axion constraints derived from stellar energy loss arguments.
dc.description5 pages, 9 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0511390
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0511390
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/102952
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleThe X-ray Telescope of the CAST Experiment
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