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国际轴子观测站(IAXO)的概念设计

Conceptual Design of the International Axion Observatory (IAXO)

E. Armengaud, F. T. Avignone, M. Betz, P. Brax, P. Brun, G. Cantatore, J. M. Carmona, G. P. Carosi, F. Caspers, S. Caspi, S. A. Cetin, D. Chelouche, F. E. Chris… 展开作者

E. Armengaud, F. T. Avignone, M. Betz, P. Brax, P. Brun, G. Cantatore, J. M. Carmona, G. P. Carosi, F. Caspers, S. Caspi, S. A. Cetin, D. Chelouche, F. E. Christensen, A. Dael, T. Dafni, M. Davenport, A. V. Derbin, K. Desch, A. Diago, B. Döbrich, I. Dratchnev, A. Dudarev, C. Eleftheriadis, G. Fanourakis, E. Ferrer-Ribas, J. Galán, J. A. García, J. G. Garza, T. Geralis, B. Gimeno, I. Giomataris, S. Gninenko, H. Gómez, D. González-Díaz, E. Guendelman, C. J. Hailey, T. Hiramatsu, D. H. H. Hoffmann, D. Horns, F. J. Iguaz, I. G. Irastorza, J. Isern, K. Imai, A. C. Jakobsen, J. Jaeckel, K. Jakovčić, J. Kaminski, M. Kawasaki, M. Karuza, M. Krčmar, K. Kousouris, C. Krieger, B. Lakić, O. Limousin, A. Lindner, A. Liolios, G. Luzón, S. Matsuki, V. N. Muratova, C. Nones, I. Ortega, T. Papaevangelou, M. J. Pivovaroff, G. Raffelt, J. Redondo, A. Ringwald, S. Russenschuck, J. Ruz, K. Saikawa, I. Savvidis, T. Sekiguchi, Y. K. Semertzidis, I. Shilon, P. Sikivie, H. Silva, H. ten Kate, A. Tomas, S. Troitsky, T. Vafeiadis, K. van Bibber, P. Vedrine, J. A. Villar, J. K. Vogel, L. Walckiers, A. Weltman, W. Wester, S. C. Yildiz, K. Zioutas

摘要:

国际轴子天文台(IAXO)将是第四代轴子太阳望远镜。作为其主要的物理目标,IAXO将通过太阳等离子体光子的Primakoff转换寻找起源于太阳的轴子或类轴子粒子(ALP)。在信噪比方面,IAXO将比CAST(目前最强大的轴子日光镜)灵敏约4-5个数量级,对轴子-光子耦合的灵敏度低至几个$\times 10^{-12}$ GeV $^{-1}$,从而探测目前未探索的轴子和ALP参数空间的很大一部分。IAXO还将对由轴子-电子耦合$g_{ae}$介导的机制产生的太阳轴子敏感,$-$首次敏感到天体物理学以前未排除的$g_{ae}$值。与其他几个可能的物理情况下,IAXO有可能作为一个多用途的设施,在未来十年的通用轴子和ALP研究。在本文中,我们提出了IAO的概念设计,它遵循的增强轴子日光镜的布局,基于一个专门建造的20米长的8线圈环形超导磁体。所有8个直径为60 cm的磁体孔都配备了聚焦X射线光学器件,能够将信号光子聚焦成$\sim 0.2$ cm $^2$斑点,这些斑点由超低背景Micromegas X射线探测器成像。磁体内置于具有仰角和方位角驱动器的结构中,这将允许每天$\sim$ 12小时的太阳跟踪。

英文摘要:

The International Axion Observatory (IAXO) will be a forth generation axion helioscope. As its primary physics goal, IAXO will look for axions or axion-like particles (ALPs) originating in the Sun via the Primakoff conversion of the solar plasma photons. In terms of signal-to-noise ratio, IAXO will be about 4-5 orders of magnitude more sensitive than CAST, currently the most powerful axion helioscope, reaching sensitivity to axion-photon couplings down to a few $\times 10^{-12}$ GeV$^{-1}$ and thus probing a large fraction of the currently unexplored axion and ALP parameter space. IAXO will also be sensitive to solar axions produced by mechanisms mediated by the axion-electron coupling $g_{ae}$ with sensitivity $-$for the first time$-$ to values of $g_{ae}$ not previously excluded by astrophysics. With several other possible physics cases, IAXO has the potential to serve as a multi-purpose facility for generic axion and ALP research in the next decade. In this paper we present the conceptual design of IAXO, which follows the layout of an enhanced axion helioscope, based on a purpose-built 20m-long 8-coils toroidal superconducting magnet. All the eight 60cm-diameter magnet bores are equipped with focusing x-ray optics, able to focus the signal photons into $\sim 0.2$ cm$^2$ spots that are imaged by ultra-low-background Micromegas x-ray detectors. The magnet is built into a structure with elevation and azimuth drives that will allow for solar tracking for $\sim$12 h each day.

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