Speaker
Dr
Claudio Gatti
(INFN - LNF)
Description
The QUAX project is an R&D activity aimed at demonstrating the feasibility of an axion haloscope exploiting the axion electron coupling. To this end, a ferrimagnetic material is coupled to a microwave resonant cavity and a sensitive detector looks for excess power released into the system by an axion wind. In this talk I will present the latest results obtained by the QUAX collaboration in the last year, including the performances of a small scale prototype of a complete detector. Limits on the axion electron coupling, though very weak, are given for an axion mass of about 58 microeV. These limits are the first of this type obtained by using an haloscope.
Author
Giuseppe Ruoso
(INFN - LNL)
Co-authors
Antonello Ortolan
(INFN - LNL)
Augusto Lombardi
(INFN - LNL)
Carlo Ligi
(INFN - LNF)
Caterina Braggio
(INFN Padova and Padova University)
Dr
Claudio Gatti
(INFN - LNF)
Clive Speake
(Birmingham University)
Daniele Di Gioacchino
(INFN - LNF)
David Alesini
(INFN - LNF)
Di Vora Raffaele
(INFN Padova and Padova University)
Gerardo Iannone
(INFN Salerno)
Gianluca Lamanna
(INFN - LNF)
Giovanni Carugno
(INFN Padova and Padova University)
Luca Taffarello
(INFN Padova)
Nicolò Crescini
(INFN - LNL and Padova University)
Paolo Falferi
(INFN Trento and Trento University)
Roberto Mezzena
(INFN Trento and Trento University)
Ruggero Pengo
(INFN - LNL)
Sebastiano Gallo
(INFN - LNL)
Sergio Pagano
(INFN Salerno and Salerno University)
Simone Tocci
(INFN - LNF)
Umberto Gambardella
(INFN - Salerno)
