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Search for Short-Lived Axions in a Nuclear Isoscalar Transition

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Weak and Electromagnetic Interactions in Nuclei

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Axions, if existing, can cause a strong signal of positron-electron pairs in isoscalar M1 transitions in competition with gamma-ray emission. We have searched for such a signal in the 3.59 MeV transition in 10B with a fourfold Mini-Orange spectrometer. No axion events were found within one percent of the prediction for the standard axion- to γ-ray branching ratio.

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  1. F. W. N. de Boer

    Present address: NIKHEF-K, P.O. Box 4395, 1009 AJ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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  1. Kernfysisch Versneller Institut, University of Groningen, NL-9747 AA, Groningen, The Netherlands

    F. W. N. de Boer, K. Abrahams, A. Balanda, H. Bokemeyer, R. van Dantzig, J. F. W. Jansen, B. Kotlinski, M. J. A. de Voigt & J. van Klinken

  2. NIKHEF-K, P.O. Box 4395, 1009 AJ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    R. van Dantzig

  3. Energieonderzoek Centrum Nederland (ECN), Petten, The Netherlands

    K. Abrahams

  4. Physics Laboratory of the Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    A. Balanda

  5. Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

    A. Balanda

  6. Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung(GSI), D-6100, Darmstadt, Federal Republic of Germany

    H. Bokemeyer

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    Hans Volker Klapdor

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de Boer, F.W.N. et al. (1986). Search for Short-Lived Axions in a Nuclear Isoscalar Transition. In: Klapdor, H.V. (eds) Weak and Electromagnetic Interactions in Nuclei. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71689-8_174

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