Search for an Axion in OSQAR Experiment at CERN
| Thesis title in Czech: | Search for an Axion in OSQAR Experiment at CERN |
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| Thesis title in English: | Search for an Axion in OSQAR Experiment at CERN |
| Key words: | axion, supravodivý dipól, laserové světlo |
| English key words: | axion, superconducting dipole, laser light |
| Academic year of topic announcement: | 2010/2011 |
| Type of assignment: | Bachelor's thesis |
| Thesis language: | angličtina |
| Department: | Department of Low Temperature Physics (32-KFNT) |
| Supervisor: | prof. Ing. Miroslav Finger, DrSc. |
| Author: | hidden - assigned and confirmed by the Study Dept. |
| Date of registration: | 13.11.2010 |
| Date of assignment: | 25.02.2011 |
| Date and time of defence: | 23.06.2011 00:00 |
| Date of electronic submission: | 25.05.2011 |
| Date of submission of printed version: | 25.05.2011 |
| Date of proceeded defence: | 23.06.2011 |
| Reviewers: | doc. RNDr. Miroslav Šulc, Ph.D. |
| Advisors: | RNDr. Ivan Procházka, CSc. |
| Guidelines |
| 1) Getting acquainted with the goals of OSQAR experiment
2) Getting acquainted with the possibilities of the interactions of high magnetic fields with laser beams in two distinct experiments: (a) the photon regeneration effect which is looked for as a light shining through the wall; (b) ultra-fine magnetic birefringence of the vacuum. 3) Setting up the photon regeneration experiment using the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) superconducting dipole magnets with CERN low temperature test infrastructure and high power lasers. 4) Evaluation of preparatory phases of the experiments. |
| References |
| 1) R. D. Peccei, H. R. Quinn (1977). "CP Conservation in the Presence of Pseudoparticles". Physical Review Letters 38: 1440. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.38.1440.
2) Wilczek, Frank (1978). "Problem of Strong P and T Invariance in the Presence of Instantons". Physical Review Letters 40 (5): 279?282. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.40.279. 3) P. Pugnat et al., ?OSQAR Proposal?, CERN-SPSC-2006-035, SPSC-P-331, 9 November 2006 http://doc.cern.ch//archive/electronic/cern/preprints/spsc/public/spsc-2006-035.pdf http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=10912 4) Results from the OSQAR photon-regeneration experiment: No light shining through a wall (OSQAR Collaboration) arXiv:0712.3362.- 2008 - 4 p. - Published in : Phys. Rev. D 78 (2008) 092003 |
| Preliminary scope of work |
| 1) The OSQAR experiment at CERN
2) The photon regeneration experiment : preparatory phases, experimental runs and results. - Principle of the Photon Regeneration experiment - OSQAR boundaries & constraints - Cryogenics - Lasers and laser cavities - CCD camera 3) Experimental runs 4) Results and analysis 5) Perspectives |
| Preliminary scope of work in English |
| 1) The OSQAR experiment at CERN
2) The photon regeneration experiment : preparatory phases, experimental runs and results. - Principle of the Photon Regeneration experiment - OSQAR boundaries & constraints - Cryogenics - Lasers and laser cavities - CCD camera 3) Experimental runs 4) Results and analysis 5) Perspectives |