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An introduction to axions and their detection

by Igor García Irastorza

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Authors (as registered SciPost users): Igor Garcia Irastorza
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Preprint Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.07376v2  (pdf)
Date accepted: 2021-12-02
Date submitted: 2021-11-09 11:43
Submitted by: Garcia Irastorza, Igor
Submitted to: SciPost Physics Lecture Notes
Ontological classification
Academic field: Physics
Specialties:
  • Gravitation, Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
  • High-Energy Physics - Experiment
  • High-Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

In these notes I try to introduce the reader to the topic of axions: their theoretical motivation and expected phenomenology, their role in astrophysics and as dark matter candidate, and the experimental techniques to detect them. Special emphasis is made in this last point, for which a relatively updated review of worldwide efforts and future prospects is made. The material is intended as an introduction to the topic, and it was prepared as lecture notes for Les Houches summer school 2021. Abundant references are included to direct the reader to deeper insight on the different aspects of axion physics.

Author comments upon resubmission

All the referees minor requests have been adopted

Published as SciPost Phys. Lect. Notes 45 (2022)

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