Search for axion-like particles through nuclear Primakoff production using the GlueX detector

J. R. Pybus; T. Kolar; B. Devkota; P. Sharp; B. Yu; O. Hen; E. Piasetzky; S. N. Santiesteban; A. Schmidt; A. Somov; Y. Soreq; H. Szumila-Vance; S. Adhikari; C. S. Akondi; C. Ayerbe Gayoso; V. V. Berdnikov; H. Bhatt; D. Bhetuwal; M. M. Dalton; A. Deur; R. Dotel; C. Fanelli; J. Guo; T. J. Hague; D. W. Higinbotham; N. D. Hoffman; P. Hurck; I. Jaegle; A. Karki; W. Li; V. Lyubovitskij; H. Marukyan; M. D. McCaughan; M. E. McCracken; S. Oresic; Z. Papandreou; C. Paudel; S. Ratliff; E. M. Seroka; S. Somov; I. Strakovsky; K. Suresh; A. Thiel; B. Zihlmann

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Search for axion-like particles through nuclear Primakoff production using the GlueX detector

J. R. Pybus^*, T. Kolar, B. Devkota, P. Sharp, B. Yu, O. Hen, E. Piasetzky, S. N. Santiesteban, A. Schmidt, A. Somov, Y. Soreq, H. Szumila-Vance, S. Adhikari, C. S. Akondi, C. Ayerbe Gayoso, V. V. Berdnikov, H. Bhatt, D. Bhetuwal, M. M. Dalton, A. DeurR. Dotel, C. Fanelli, J. Guo, T. J. Hague, D. W. Higinbotham, N. D. Hoffman, P. Hurck, I. Jaegle, A. Karki, W. Li, V. Lyubovitskij, H. Marukyan, M. D. McCaughan, M. E. McCracken, S. Oresic, Z. Papandreou, C. Paudel, S. Ratliff, E. M. Seroka, S. Somov, I. Strakovsky, K. Suresh, A. Thiel, B. Zihlmann

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We report on the results of the first search for the production of axion-like particles (ALPs) via Primakoff production on nuclear targets, γA→aA, in the “SRC-CT” experiment using the GlueX detector at Jefferson Lab. This search uses an integrated luminosity of 100 pb⋅−1nucleon on a ¹²C target with a real photon beam of energies 6<E_γ<10.8 GeV, and explores the mass region of 200<m_a<450 MeV via the decay a→γγ. This mass range is between the π⁰ and η meson masses, which enables the use of the measured η meson production rate to obtain absolute bounds on the ALP production with reduced sensitivity to experimental luminosity and detection efficiency. We find no evidence for an ALP, consistent with previous searches in the quoted mass range, and present limits on the effective photon coupling scale of O(1TeV⁻¹). We further find that the ALP production limit we obtain is hindered by the peaking structure of the non-target-related dominant background the in GlueX spectrometer, which we treat by using data on ⁴He to estimate and subtract it. We comment on how this search can be improved in a future higher-statistics dedicated measurement.

Original language	English
Article number	138790
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	855
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2024.138790
State	Published - Aug 2024

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Science and Technology Facilities Council
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Israel Science Foundation
United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation
PAZY Foundation
Azrieli Foundation
Lilly Endowment
Indiana University Pervasive Technology Institute
Nuclear Physics	DE-AC05-06OR23177
Office of Science	DE-AC02-05CH11231
U.S. Department of Energy	DE-SC0020240, DE-SC0016583

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Pybus, J. R., Kolar, T., Devkota, B., Sharp, P., Yu, B., Hen, O., Piasetzky, E., Santiesteban, S. N., Schmidt, A., Somov, A., Soreq, Y., Szumila-Vance, H., Adhikari, S., Akondi, C. S., Ayerbe Gayoso, C., Berdnikov, V. V., Bhatt, H., Bhetuwal, D., Dalton, M. M., ... Zihlmann, B. (2024). Search for axion-like particles through nuclear Primakoff production using the GlueX detector. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 855, Article 138790. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2024.138790

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