The IAXO Helioscope

E. Ferrer Ribas, E. Armengaud, F. T. Avignone, M. Betz, P. Brax, P. Brun, G. Cantatore, J. M. Carmona, G. P. Carosi, Finn Erland Christensen, A. C. Jakobsen

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    Abstract

    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 gaγ 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.
    Original languageEnglish
    Book seriesJournal of Physics: Conference Series
    Volume650
    Issue number1
    Pages (from-to)012009
    Number of pages8
    ISSN1742-6596
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2015
    Event7th International Symposium on “Large TPCs for Low-Energy Rare Event Detection” - Paris, France
    Duration: 15 Dec 201417 Dec 2014

    Conference

    Conference7th International Symposium on “Large TPCs for Low-Energy Rare Event Detection”
    Country/TerritoryFrance
    CityParis
    Period15/12/201417/12/2014

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