An improved limit on the axion-photon coupling from the CAST experiment
Abstract
We have searched for solar axions or similar particles that couple to two photons by using the CERN Axion Solar Telescope (CAST) setup with improved conditions in all detectors. From the absence of excess X-rays when the magnet was pointing to the Sun, we set an upper limit on the axion-photon coupling of 8.8 x 10-11 GeV-1 at 95% CL for ma <~ 0.02 eV. This result is the best experimental limit over a broad range of axion masses and for ma <~ 0.02 eV also supersedes the previous limit derived from energy-loss arguments on globular-cluster stars.
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