Conceptual design of the International Axion Observatory (IAXO)

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Armengaud, E ^a   Avignone, F T ^b   Betz, M ^c   Brax, P ^a   Brun, P ^a   Cantatore, G ^d   Carmona, J M ^e   Carosi, G P ^f   Caspers, F ^c   Caspi, S ^g   Cetin, S A ^h   Chelouche, D ⁱ   Christensen, F E ^j   Dael, A ^a   Dafni, T ^e   Davenport, M ^c   Derbin, A V ^k   Desch, K ^l   Diago, A ^e   Dobrich B ^m   Dratchnev, I ^k   Dudarev, A ^c   Eleftheriadis, C ⁿ   Fanourakis, G ^o   Ferrer Ribas, E ^a   Galan J ^a   Garcia J A ^e   Garza, J G ^e   Geralis, T ^o   Gimeno, B ^p   Giomataris, I ^a   Gninenko, S ^q   Gomez H ^e   Gonzlez Diaz D ^e   Guendelman, E ^r   Hailey, C J ^s   Hiramatsu, T ^t   Hoffmann, D H H ^u   Horns, D ^v   Iguaz, F J ^e   Irastorza, I G ^e   Isern, J ^w   Imai, K ^x   Jakobsen, A C ^j   Jaeckel, J ^y   Jakovcic K ^z   Kaminski, J ^l   Kawasaki, M ^aa   Karuza, M ^ab   Krcmar M ^z   Kousouris, K ^c   Krieger, C ^l   Lakic B ^z   Limousin, O ^a   Lindner, A ^m   Liolios, A ⁿ   Luzon G ^e   Matsuki, S ^ac   Muratova, V N ^k   Nones, C ^a   Ortega, I ^e   Papaevangelou, T ^a   Pivovaroff, M J ^f   Raffelt, G ^ad   Redondo, J ^ad   Ringwald, A ^m   Russenschuck, S ^c   Ruz, J ^f   Saikawa, K ^ae   Savvidis, I ⁿ   Sekiguchi, T ^aa   Semertzidis, Y K ^af   Shilon, I ^c   Sikivie, P ^ag   Silva, H ^c   Kate, H Ten ^c   Tomas, A ^e   Troitsky, S ^q   Vafeiadis, T ^c   Bibber, K Van ^ah   Vedrine, P ^a   Villar, J A ^e   Vogel, J K ^f   Walckiers, L ^c   Weltman, A ^ai   Wester, W ^aj   Yildiz, S C ^h   Zioutas, K ^ak   more..

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c CERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^f LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h DOGUS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^j TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^k PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^m DESY   (Germany)

ⁿ ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^o INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^p UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^q INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^r BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^s Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^t KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^u DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^v UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^w INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DE L ESPAI CSIC IEEC   (Spain)

^x JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^y INSTITUT FÜR THEORETISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^z RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^ac KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^ad MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^ae TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^af BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^ag Physics Department Brookhaven National Lab ^*  (United States)

^ah Etcheverry Hall MCI 730   (United States)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^aj FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^ak UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

more..

Author keywords

Dark Matter detectors (WIMPs, axions, etc.); Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics; Micropattern gaseous detectors (MSGC, GEM, THGEM, RETHGEM, MHSP, MICROPIC, MICROMEGAS, InGrid, etc); X ray detectors

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; MAGNETS; OBSERVATORIES; PHOTONS; SOLAR WIND; SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS; X RAY APPARATUS; X RAYS;

ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS; DARK MATTER DETECTORS; GASEOUS DETECTORS; MULTI-PURPOSE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PARAMETER SPACES; SOLAR TRACKING; X-RAY DETECTOR;

BOSONS;

EID: 84903649865     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/9/05/T05002     Document Type: Article

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