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Do axions exist?

T. W. Donnelly, S. J. Freedman, R. S. Lytel, R. D. Peccei, and M. Schwartz

  • Institute of Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305

Phys. Rev. D 18, 1607 – Published 1 September, 1978

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.18.1607

Abstract

We critically examine various existing experiments which could provide evidence for the axion. Although our conclusions regarding the existence of this particle are somewhat pessimistic, we discuss other possible experiments which could throw additional light on this question.

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