PROPOSAL TO SEARCH FOR A MONOCHROMATIC COMPONENT OF SOLAR AXIONS USING FE-57

Authors
Citation
S. Moriyama, PROPOSAL TO SEARCH FOR A MONOCHROMATIC COMPONENT OF SOLAR AXIONS USING FE-57, Physical review letters, 75(18), 1995, pp. 3222-3225
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
75
Issue
18
Year of publication
1995
Pages
3222 - 3225
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1995)75:18<3222:PTSFAM>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
A new experimental scheme is proposed to search for almost monochromat ic solar axions, whose existence has not been discussed heretofore. Th e axions would be produced when thermally excited Fe-57 in the Sun rel axes to its ground state and could be detected via resonant excitation of the same nuclide in a laboratory. A detailed calculation shows tha t the rate of the excitation is up to order I event/day kg Fe-57. The excitation can be detected efficiently using bolometric techniques.