The IAXO Helioscope

Ferrer Ribas, E. ; Armengaud, E. ; Avignone, F.T. ; Betz, M. ; Brax, P. ; Brun, P. ; Cantatore, G. ; Carmona, J.M. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Carosi, G.P. ; Caspers, F. ; Caspi, S. ; Cetin, S.A. ; Chelouchem, D. ; Christensen, F.E. ; Dael, A. ; Dafni, T. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Davenport, M. ; Derbin, A.V. ; Desch, K. ; Diago, A. ; Dobrich, B. ; Dratchnev, I. ; Dudarev, A. ; Eleftheriadis, C. ; Fanourakis, G. ; Galan, J. ; Garcia, J.A. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Garza, J.G. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Geralis, T. ; Gimeno, B. ; Giomatarisl, I. ; Gninenko, S. ; Gomez, H. ; Gonzalez-Diaz, D. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Guendelman, E. ; Hailey, C.J. ; Hiramatsu, T. ; Hoffmann, D.H.H. ; Horns, D. ; Iguaz, F.J. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Irastorza, I.G. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Isern, J. ; Imai, K. ; Jaeckel, J. ; Jakobsen, A.C. ; Jakovcic, K. ; Kaminski, J. ; Kawasaki, M. ; Karuza, M. ; Krcmar, M. ; Kousouris, K. ; Krieger, C. ; Lakic, B. ; Limousin, O. ; Lindner, A. ; Liolios, A. ; Luzon, G. ; Matsuki, S. ; Muratova, V.N. ; Nones, C. ; Ortega, I. ; Papaevangelou, T. ; Pivovaroff, M.J. ; Raffelt, G. ; Redondo, J. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Ringwald, A. ; Russenschuck, S. ; Ruz, J. ; Saikawa, K. ; Savvidis, I. ; Sekiguchi, T. ; Semertzidis, Y.K. ; Shilon, I. ; Sikivie, P. ; Silva, H. ; ten Kate, H.H.J. ; Tomas, A. ; Troitsky, S. ; Vafeiadis, T. ; van Bibber, K. ; Vedrine, P. ; Villar, J.A. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Vogel, J.K. ; Walckiers, L. ; Weltman, A. ; Wester, W. ; Yildiz, S.C. ; Zioutas, K.

Resumen: The IAXO (International Axion Experiment) is a fourth generation helioscope with a sensitivity, in terms of detectable signal counts, at least 104 better than CAST phase-I, resulting in sensitivity on ga¿ one order of magnitude better. To achieve this performance IAXO will count on a 8-coil toroidal magnet with 60 cm diameter bores and equipped with X-ray focusing optics into 0.20 cm2 spots coupled to ultra-low background Micromegas X-ray detectors. The magnet will be on a platform that will allow solar tracking for 12 hours per day. The next short term objectives are to prepare a Technical Design Report and to construct the first prototypes of the hardware main ingredients: demonstration coil, X-ray optics and low background detector while refining the physics case and studying the feasibility studies for Dark Matter axions.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/650/1/012009

Año: 2015

Publicado en: Journal of Physics: Conference Series 650 (2015), 012009 [8 pp.]
ISSN: 1742-6588

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.252 - Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) (Q3)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/ 240054/EU/Novel Developments in Time Projection Chambers (TPCs) for Rare Event Searches in Underground Astroparticle EXperiments/TREX
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/CPAN-CSD2007-00042
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO-FEDER/FPA2008-03456
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO-FEDER/FPA2011-24058

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Física Teórica (Dpto. Física Teórica)
Área (Departamento): Área Física Atóm.Molec.y Nucl. (Dpto. Física Teórica)