Pilot Search for Axion-Like Particles by a Three-Beam Stimulated Resonant Photon Collider with Short Pulse Lasers

• DOI: 10.3390/universe9030123
• Publication Date: 2023-02-28T08:59:57Z
• Authors: Fumiya Ishibashi; Takumi Hasada; Kensuke Homma; Yuri Kirita; Tsuneto Kanai; ShinIchiro Masuno; Shigeki Tokita; Masaki Hashida
• Keywords: stimulated resonant photon collider; Elementary particle physics; FOS: Physical sciences; QC793-793.5; 01 natural sciences; 7. Clean energy; dark matter; inflaton; laser; High Energy Physics - Experiment; High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex); axion-like particle; axion; 0103 physical sciences; ALP; four-wave mixing

Toward the systematic search for axion-like particles in eV mass range, we proposed concept of a stimulated resonant photon collider by focusing three short pulse lasers into vacuum. In order to realize such collider, have performed proof-of-principle experiment with set large incident angles between beams overcome expected difficulty ensure space–time overlap and also established method evaluate bias on polarization states, which is useful future variable–incident–angle collision system. this paper, present result from pilot developed system method. The was consistent null. We thus upper limit minimum ALP-photon coupling down 1.5×10−4 GeV−1 at ALP 1.53 confidence level 95%.