1998/01/28 by C. Hagmann, D. Kinion, W. Stoeffl +19 · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.80.2043
published as Phys.Rev.Lett. 80 (1998) 2043-2046 · 11 text pages, 4 figures (figures 2 and 3 combined), to be published in Physical Review Letters
arxiv created 1998/01/28 · openalex publication_date 1998/03/09 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We report the first results of a high-sensitivity (\ensuremath∼10^\ensuremath-23W) search for light halo axions through their conversion to microwave photons. At the 90% confidence level, we exclude a Kim-Shifman-Vainshtein-Zakharov axion of mass 2.9\ifmmode×\else\texttimes\fi10^\ensuremath-6 to 3.3\ifmmode×\else\texttimes\fi10^\ensuremath-6eV as the dark matter in the halo of our galaxy.