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arxiv: 1704.02297 · v2 · pith:M7FOT4IAnew · submitted 2017-04-07 · 🌌 astro-ph.CO · hep-ph

First Searches for Axions and Axion-Like Particles with the LUX Experiment

D.S. Akerib , S. Alsum , C. Aquino , H.M. Ara\'ujo , X. Bai , A.J. Bailey , J. Balajthy , P. Beltrame
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E.P. Bernard A. Bernstein T.P. Biesiadzinski E.M. Boulton P. Br\'as D. Byram S.B. Cahn M.C. Carmona-Benitez C. Chan A.A. Chiller C. Chiller A. Currie J.E. Cutter T.J.R. Davison A. Dobi J.E.Y. Dobson E. Druszkiewicz B.N. Edwards C.H. Faham S.R. Fallon S. Fiorucci R.J. Gaitskell V.M. Gehman C. Ghag K.R. Gibson M.G.D. Gilchriese C.R. Hall M. Hanhardt S.J. Haselschwardt S.A. Hertel D.P. Hogan M. Horn D.Q. Huang C.M. Ignarra R.G. Jacobsen W. Ji K. Kamdin K. Kazkaz D. Khaitan R. Knoche N.A. Larsen C. Lee B.G. Lenardo K.T. Lesko A. Lindote M.I. Lopes A. Manalaysay R.L. Mannino M.F. Marzioni D.N. McKinsey D.M. Mei J. Mock M. Moongweluwan J.A. Morad A.St.J. Murphy C. Nehrkorn H.N. Nelson F. Neves K. O'Sullivan K.C. Oliver-Mallory K.J. Palladino E.K. Pease L. Reichhart C. Rhyne S. Shaw T.A. Shutt C. Silva M. Solmaz V.N. Solovov P. Sorensen S. Stephenson T.J. Sumner M. Szydagis D.J. Taylor W.C. Taylor B.P. Tennyson P.A. Terman D.R. Tiedt W.H. To M. Tripathi L. Tvrznikova S. Uvarov V. Velan J.R. Verbus R.C. Webb J.T. White T.J. Whitis M.S. Witherell F.L.H. Wolfs J. Xu K. Yazdani S.K. Young C. Zhang
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The first searches for axions and axion-like particles with the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment are presented. Under the assumption of an axio-electric interaction in xenon, the coupling constant between axions and electrons, gAe is tested, using data collected in 2013 with an exposure totalling 95 live-days $\times$ 118 kg. A double-sided, profile likelihood ratio statistic test excludes gAe larger than 3.5 $\times$ 10$^{-12}$ (90% C.L.) for solar axions. Assuming the DFSZ theoretical description, the upper limit in coupling corresponds to an upper limit on axion mass of 0.12 eV/c$^{2}$, while for the KSVZ description masses above 36.6 eV/c$^{2}$ are excluded. For galactic axion-like particles, values of gAe larger than 4.2 $\times$ 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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