학술논문
Constraints on the axion-electron coupling constant for solar axions appearing owing to bremsstrahlung and the compton process.
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Article
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*AXIONS
*COUPLING constants
*BREMSSTRAHLUNG
*MASS (Physics)
*PARTICLES (Nuclear physics)
*MATHEMATICAL models
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ISSN
0021-3640
Abstract
The axio-electric effect in silicon atoms is sought for solar axions appearing owing to bremsstrahlung and the Compton process. Axions are detected using a Si(Li) detector placed in a low-background setup. As a result, a model-independent constraint on the axion-electron coupling constant | g| ≤ 2.2 × 10 has been obtained, which leads to the bounds m ≤ 7.9 eV and m ≤ 1.4 eV (at 90% C.L.) for the mass of the axion in the DFSZ and KSVZ models, respectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]