2017/10/31 by David A. Burton, Adam Noble · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #hep-ph #physics.acc-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1367-2630/aab475
published as New J. Phys. 20 033022 (2018) · 11 pages, 7 figures. Accepted for publication by New J. Phys
arxiv created 2018/03/10 · arxiv updated 2018/03/30
We estimate the average flux density of minimally-coupled axion-like particles generated by a laser-driven plasma wakefield propagating along a constant strong magnetic field. Our calculations suggest that a terrestrial source based on this approach could generate a pulse of axion-like particles whose flux density is comparable to that of solar axion-like particles at Earth. This mechanism is optimal for axion-like particles with mass in the range of interest of contemporary experiments designed to detect dark matter using microwave cavities.