Published November 3, 2006 | Version v1
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Finding the Axion: The Search for the Dark Matter of the Universe

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Description

The nature of dark matter has been a mystery for over 70 years. One plausible candidate is the axion, an extremely light and weakly interacting particle, which results from the Peccei-Quinn solution to the strong CP problem. In this proceedings I will briefly review the evidence for dark matter as well as the motivation for the existence of the axion as a prime dark matter candidate. I will then discuss the experimental methods to search for axion dark matter focusing on a sensitive cavity experiment (ADMX) being run at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Availability note (English)

Available from https://e-reports-ext.llnl.gov/pdf/340567.pdf; PURL: https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/975234-TcLxt6/

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URL
https://e-reports-ext.llnl.gov/pdf/340567.pdf; https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/975234-TcLxt6/;

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
6 p.
Report number
UCRL-PROC--225847

Conference

Title
Balkan Physical Union 6th International Conference
Dates
22-26 Aug 2006
Place
Istanbul (Turkey)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
41070665
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
AXIONS; CP INVARIANCE; LAWRENCE LIVERMORE LABORATORY; NONLUMINOUS MATTER; UNIVERSE
Descriptors DEC
BOSONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; GOLDSTONE BOSONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY; MATTER; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; POSTULATED PARTICLES; US AEC; US DOE; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
W-7405-ENG-48
Notes
PDF-FILE: 6; SIZE: 0.3 MBYTES
Funding organization
US Department of Energy (United States)