Bulletin of the American Physical Society
Fall 2023 Joint Meeting of the Texas Section of the APS, Texas Section of the AAPT & Zone 13 of the SPS
Thursday–Saturday, October 12–14, 2023; Angelo State University, San Angelo, Texas
Session E02: Nuclear & Particle I
10:30 AM–11:42 AM,
Friday, October 13, 2023
Angelo State University
Room: VIN 162
Chair: Charles Allen, Angelo State University
Abstract: E02.00002 : Searches for Axion-Like Particles (ALP) using reactor, proton beam and radioactive sources*
10:42 AM–10:54 AM
Presenter:
SHARADA P SAHOO
(Texas A&M University)
Authors:
SHARADA P SAHOO
(Texas A&M University)
Shubham Verma
(Texas A&M University)
Rupak Mahapatra
(Texas A&M University)
Collaboration:
ASCID (Axion like particles Search using CsI (Tl) Detector)
Searches for ALPs typically rely on their decay to photons. And we have built a 100Kg CsI (Tl) (Thallium doped Cesium Iodide) scintillation detector which can capture the photons and will help in search for the ALPs. In this presentation I will discuss about the work done by the previous graduate student which was search for ALPs from high energy gamma flux originated from the reactor. I will present my research which is based on the ALP producing from the gamma coming from Na22 radioactive source. I will also talk about the future use of this detector at LANL using a proton beam environment. The Interaction strength for gamma-ALP decay is very low, but by placing the detector near very high gamma fluxes we are making sure that we are not limited by statistics and we may encounter axion signals.
*We would like to express our gratitude for the generous funding provided by LANL TRIAD funding and Mitchell institute. Their support has been significantly contributed to the progress of our research.
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