Heat flow of the Earth and resonant capture of solar ⁵⁷Fe axions

Danevich, FA, Ivanov, AV, Kobychev, VV, Tretyak, VI
Kinemat. fiz. nebesnyh tel (Online) 2009, 25(2):143-149
Language: Ukrainian
Abstract: 

In a very conservative approach, supposing that all heat flow of the Earth is exclusively due to resonant capture of axions, emitted by 57Fe nuclei on the Sun, inside the Earth, we obtained the limit on the mass of hadronic axion: mα < 1.8 keV. Taking into account the release of heat from decays of 40K, 232Th, 238U inside the Earth, this estimation could be improved to the value: mα < 1.6 keV. Both of the values are less restrictive than the limits set in the devoted experiments to search for 57Fe axions (mα < 216...745 eV), but are much better than the limits obtained in the experiments with 83Kr (mα < 5.5 keV) and 7Li (mα < 13.9...32 keV).

Keywords: solar axions