Neutron Interferometry and axion like particles

Capolupo, Antonio; Giampaolo, Salvatore Marco; Quaranta, Aniello (2021) Neutron Interferometry and axion like particles. The European Physical Journal C, 81 . ISSN 1434-6052

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Abstract

We propose a method to reveal axions and axion-like particles based on interferometric measurement of neutron beams. We consider an interferometer in which the neutron beam is split in two sub-beams propagating in regions with differently oriented magnetic fields. The beam paths and the strength of the magnetic fields are set in such a way that all the contributions to the phase difference but the one due to axion-induced interactions are removed. The resulting phase difference is directly related to the presence of axions. Our results show that such a phase is in principle detectable with neutron interferometry, possibly proving the existence of axions and axion-like particles.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Imported from arXiv
Uncontrolled Keywords:	neutrino; interferometry
Subjects:	NATURAL SCIENCES > Physics > Physics of Elementary Particles and Fields
Divisions:	Theoretical Physics Division
Depositing User:	Salvatore Marco Giampaolo
Date Deposited:	14 Dec 2022 10:00
URI:	http://fulir.irb.hr/id/eprint/7740
DOI:	10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-09888-x

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