New experimental limit on photon hidden-sector paraphoton mixing
New experimental limit on photon hidden-sector paraphoton mixing
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光子隐扇形副光子混合的新实验极限
DOI:
10.1016/j.physletb.2009.07.055
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发表时间:
2008
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
P. Slocum
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作者:
A. Afanasev;O. Baker;K. Beard;G. Biallas;J. Boyce;M. Minarni;R. Ramdon;M. Shinn.;P. Slocum
We report on the first results of a search for optical-wavelength photons mixing with hypothetical hidden-sector paraphotons in the mass range between 10−5and 10−2electron volts for a mixing parameter greater than 10−7. This was a generation-regeneration experiment using the “light shining through a wall” technique in which regenerated photons are searched for downstream of an optical barrier that separates it from an upstream generation region. The new limits presented here are the most stringent limits to date on the mixing parameter. The present results indicate no evidence for photon-paraphoton mixing for the range of parameters investigated.