Search for solar axions in XMASS, a large liquid-xenon detector

Abe, K.; Hieda, Kotaro; Hiraide, K.; Hirano, Shingo; Kishimoto, Y.; Kobayashi, Kazuyoshi; Moriyama, S.; Nakagawa, K.; Nakahata, M.; Ogawa, Hiroshi; Oka, Naoki; Sekiya, H.; Shinozaki, Ayako; Suzuki, Y.; Takeda, Atsushi; Takachio, O.; Ueshima, K.; Umemoto, D.; Yamashita, M.; Yang, B. S.; Tasaka, S.; Liu, J.; Martens, K.; Hosokawa, K.; Miuchi, K.; Murata, Akiko; Onishi, Yoshiaki; Otsuka, Keiko; Takeuchi, Y.; Kim, Yoon Hak; Lee, K.B.; Lee, M.K.; Lee, J.S.; Fukuda, Y.; Itow, Y.; Masuda, K.; Nishitani, Y.; Takiya, H.; Uchida, Hirohisa; Kim, N.Y.; Kim, Y.D.; Kusaba, F.; Motoki, D.; Nishijima, K.; Fujii, Keiko; Murayama, I.; Nakamura, Shōgo

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2013.05.060

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“…upper limit on the coupling g Ae between solar axions and electrons is shown in Fig. 6, along with the limits set by the previous experiments [19,23,42,43], the astrophysical limit set via the Red Giant cooling process [18] and the theoretical models describing QCD axions [5][6][7]. The 2013 LUX data set excludes a coupling larger than 3.5 × 10 −12 at 90% C.L, the most stringent such limit so far reported.…”

Section: H Y S I C a L R E V I E W L E T T E R Smentioning

confidence: 83%

First Searches for Axions and Axionlike Particles with the LUX Experiment

Akerib¹,

Alsum²,

Aquino³

et al. 2017

Phys. Rev. Lett.

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The first searches for axions and axionlike particles with the Large Underground Xenon experiment are presented. Under the assumption of an axioelectric interaction in xenon, the coupling constant between axions and electrons g Ae is tested using data collected in 2013 with an exposure totaling 95 live days ×118 kg. A double-sided, profile likelihood ratio statistic test excludes g Ae larger than 3.5 × 10 −12 (90% C.L.) for solar axions. Assuming the Dine-Fischler-Srednicki-Zhitnitsky theoretical description, the upper limit in coupling corresponds to an upper limit on axion mass of 0.12 eV=c 2 , while for the KimShifman-Vainshtein-Zhakharov description masses above 36.6 eV=c 2 are excluded. For galactic axionlike particles, values of g Ae larger than 4.2 × 10 −13 are excluded for particle masses in the range 1-16 keV=c 2 . These are the most stringent constraints to date for these interactions.

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Section: H Y S I C a L R E V I E W L E T T E R Smentioning

confidence: 83%

First Searches for Axions and Axionlike Particles with the LUX Experiment

Akerib¹,

Alsum²,

Aquino³

et al. 2017

Phys. Rev. Lett.

260

286

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“…to m A < 1 keV/c 2 . For comparison, we also present other recent experimental constraints [31][32][33]. Astrophysical bounds [34][35][36] and theoretical benchmark models [4][5][6][7] are also shown.…”

Section: A Solar Axionsmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…The expected sensitivity, based on the background hypothesis, is shown by the green/yellow bands (1σ/2σ). Limits by EDELWEISS-II [31], and XMASS [32] are shown, together with the limits from a Si(Li) detector from Derbin et al [33]. Indirect astrophysical bounds from solar neutrinos [34] and red giants [35] are represented by dashed lines.…”

Section: A Solar Axionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Erratum: First axion results from the XENON100 experiment [Phys. Rev. D 90 , 062009 (2014)]

Aprile¹,

Agostini²,

Alfonsi³

et al. 2017

Phys. Rev. D

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We present the first results of searches for axions and axion-like-particles with the XENON100 experiment. The axion-electron coupling constant, gAe, has been probed by exploiting the axioelectric effect in liquid xenon. A profile likelihood analysis of 224.6 live days × 34 kg exposure has shown no evidence for a signal. By rejecting gAe larger than 7.7 × 10 −12 (90% CL) in the solar axion search, we set the best limit to date on this coupling. In the frame of the DFSZ and KSVZ models, we exclude QCD axions heavier than 0.3 eV/c 2 and 80 eV/c 2 , respectively. For axion-like-particles, under the assumption that they constitute the whole abundance of dark matter in our galaxy, we constrain gAe to be lower than 1 × 10 −12 (90% CL) for mass range from 1 to 40 keV/c 2 , and set the best limit to date as well.

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“…The expected sensitivity is shown by the green/yellow bands (1σ/2σ). Limits by EDELWEISS-II [53], and XMASS [54] are shown, together with the limits from a Si(Li) detector from Derbin et al [55]. Indirect astrophysical bounds from solar neutrinos [56] and red giants [57] are represented by dashed lines.…”

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Direct WIMP searches with XENON100 and XENON1T

Davide

2015

EPJ Web of Conferences

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Abstract. The XENON100 experiment is the second phase of the XENON direct Dark Matter search program. It consists of an ultra-low background double phase (liquid-gas) xenon filled time projection chamber with a total mass of 161 kg (62 in the target region and 99 in the active shield), installed at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS). Here the results from the 224.6 live days of data taken between March 2011 and April 2012 are reported. The experiment set one of the most stringent limits on the WIMPnucleon spin-independent cross section to date (2 × 10 −45 cm 2 for a 55 Gev/c 2 WIMP mass at 90 % confidence level) and the most stringent on the spin-dependent WIMPneutron interaction (3.5 × 10 −40 for a 45 GeV/c 2 WIMP mass). With the same dataset, XENON100 excludes also solar axion coupling to electrons at g Ae > 7.7 × 10 −12 for a mass of m Axion <1 keV/c 2 and galactic axion couplings by g Ae > 1 × 10 −12 at a mass range of m Axion = 5 − 10 keV/c 2 (both 90 % C.L.). Moreover an absolute spectral comparison between simulated and measured nuclear recoil distributions of light and charge signals from a 241 AmBe source demonstrates a high level of detector and systematics understanding. Finally, the third generation of the XENON experiments, XENON1T, is the first tonne scale direct WIMP search experiment currently under construction. The commissioning phase of XENON1T is expected to start in early 2015 followed, a few months after, by the first science run. The experiment will reach sensitivities on the WIMP-nucleon spin-independent cross section down to 2 ×10 −47 cm 2 after two years of data taking.

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Search for solar axions in XMASS, a large liquid-xenon detector

Cited by 69 publications

References 49 publications

First Searches for Axions and Axionlike Particles with the LUX Experiment

First Searches for Axions and Axionlike Particles with the LUX Experiment

Erratum: First axion results from the XENON100 experiment [Phys. Rev. D 90 , 062009 (2014)]

Direct WIMP searches with XENON100 and XENON1T

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