| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1823814 | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment | 2012 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
The Tokyo Axion Helioscope experiment aims to detect axions which are produced in the solar core. The helioscope uses a strong magnetic field in order to convert axions into X-ray photons and has a mounting to follow the sun very accurately. The photons are detected by an X-ray detector which is made of 16 PIN-photodiodes. In addition, a gas container and a gas regulation system are adopted for recovering the coherence between axions and photons in the conversion region giving sensitivity to axions with masses up to 2 eV. In this paper, we report on the technical detail of the Tokyo Axion Helioscope.
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Authors
R. Ohta, Y. Akimoto, Y. Inoue, M. Minowa, T. Mizumoto, S. Moriyama, T. Namba, Y. Takasu, A. Yamamoto,