| Photon Production From The Scattering of Axions Out of a Solenoidal Magnetic Field (2009) | |||||||||
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| In this paper we calculate the total cross section for the production of photons from the scattering of axions by a strong inhomogeneous magnetic field in the form of a 2D delta function, a cylindrical step function and a 2D Gaussian distribution, which can be approximately produced by a solenoidal current. The theoretical result is used to estimate the total number of events and the axion-photon conversion probability which could be expected in a reasonable experimental situation. The calculated conversion probabilities for QCD inspired axions are bigger than those derived by applying the celebrated 1D calculation of the (inverse) coherent Primakoff effect. Finally, we have also considered scattering at a resonance $E_{axion} \sim m_{axion}$, which gives the most enhanced results.. Comment: 14 pages, 4 figures | |||||||||
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