Title of article
An application of space technology to the terrestrial search for axions: the X-ray mirror telescope at CAST
Author/Authors
Lutz، نويسنده , , Gerhard and Brنuninger، نويسنده , , H. and Englhauser، نويسنده , , J. and Hartmann، نويسنده , , Pramod R. and Kang، نويسنده , , D. and Kotthaus، نويسنده , , R. and Kuster، نويسنده , , M. and Serber، نويسنده , , W. and Strüder، نويسنده , , L.، نويسنده ,
Pages
6
From page
201
To page
206
Abstract
An X-ray mirror telescope consisting of a Wolter I type mirror assembly as used in X-ray astronomy and a new type X-ray CCD has been added to the CERN Axion Solar Telescope experiment. It will strongly improve the sensitivity in the search for axions, a so far elusive particle. The axion is predicted in order to explain the observed CP conservation in strong interaction which is not expected within the generally accepted “standard model”. Construction and performance of the X-ray telescope are described. An improvement by two orders of magnitude in the signal over background S/B event ratio is estimated.
Keywords
Semiconductor detectors , XMM , CAST , ABRIXAS , Wolter telescope , X-ray CCD , Axions
Journal title
Astroparticle Physics
Record number
2022346
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