CAST constraints on the axion-electron coupling

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Barth, K ^a   Belov, A ^b   Beltran, B ^c,t   Brauninger H ^d   Carmona, J M ^c   Collar, J I ^e   Dafni, T ^c,f,i   Davenport, M ^a   Di Lella, L ^a,u   Eleftheriadis, C ^g   Englhauser, J ^d   Fanourakis, G ^h   Ferrer Ribas, E ⁱ   Fischer, H ^j   Franz, J ^j   Friedrich, P ^d   Galan J ^c,i   Garcia J A ^c   Geralis, T ^h   Giomataris, I ⁱ   Gninenko, S ^b   Gomez H ^c,v   Hasinoff, M D ^k   Heinsius, F H ^a,w   Hoffmann, D H H ^f   Irastorza, I G ^a,c,i   Jacoby, J ^l   Jakovcic K ^m   Kang, D ^j,x   Konigsmann K ^j   Kotthaus, R ⁿ   Kousouris, K ^a,h   Krcmar M ^m   Kuster, M ^d,f,y   Lakic B ^m   Liolios, A ^g   Ljubicic A ^m   Lutz, G ^o,z   Luzon G ^c   Miller, D W ^e   Papaevangelou, T ^a,i   Pivovaroff, M J ^p   Raffelt, G ⁿ   Redondo, J ^n,q   Riege, H ^f   Rodriguez A ^c   Ruz, J ^a,c,p   Savvidis, I ^g   Semertzidis, Y ^r   Stewart, L ^a   Van Bibber, K ^p,aa   Vieira, J D ^e,ab   Villar, J A ^c   Vogel, J K ^j,p   Walckiers, L ^a   Zioutas, K ^a,f,s   more..

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^g ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^h INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

ⁱ CEA SACLAY   (France)

^j UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^l GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^m RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

ⁿ MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^o MPI HALBLEITERLABOR   (Germany)

^p LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^r BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^t QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^u Centre Scientifique DOrsay ^*

^v UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^w RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^x KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^y EUROPEAN XFEL GMBH   (Germany)

^z PNSENSOR GMBH   (Germany)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^ab CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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Author keywords

axions; dark matter experiments; solar physics; white and brown dwarfs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877960374     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2013/05/010     Document Type: Article

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