The CERN Axion Solar Telescope (CAST): Status and Prospects

February 10, 2003

Journal Article

The CERN Axion Solar Telescope (CAST): Status and Prospects

Abstract

The CAST experiment is being mounted at CERN. It will make use of a decommissioned LHC test magnet to look for solar axions through its conversion into Photons inside the magnetic field. The magnet has a field of 9.6 Tesla and length of 10 m and is installed in a platform which allows to move it + or - 8 degrees vertically and + or - 10 to the 11th power horizontally. According to these numbers we expect a sensitivity in axion-photon coupling gaT"~ ,~

Revised: September 4, 2003 | Published: February 10, 2003

Citation

Irastorza I.G., S. Andriamonje, E. Arik, D. Autiero, F.T. Avignone, K. Barth, and H. Brauninger, et al. 2003. The CERN Axion Solar Telescope (CAST): Status and Prospects. Nuclear Physics. B, Proceedings Supplement 114. PNNL-SA-38964.