Axions Theory, Cosmology, and Experimental Searches /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kuster, Markus (Editor), Raffelt, Georg (Editor), Beltrán, Berta (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 741
• Subjects: Physics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Elementary particles (Physics).; Quantum field theory.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.

Axions are peculiar hypothetical particles that could both solve the CP problem of quantum chromodynamics and at the same time account for the dark matter of the universe. Based on a series of lectures by world experts in this field held at CERN (Geneva), this volume provides a pedagogical introduct...

Table of Contents:

• Axion Theory
• The Strong CP Problem and Axions
• Axion Cosmology
• Astrophysical Axion Bounds
• Axions and Large Extra Dimensions
• Axions and Their Relatives
• Observations and Experiments
• Magnetic and Electric Dipole Moments in Storage Rings
• Photon-Axion Conversion in Intergalactic Magnetic Fields and Cosmological Consequences
• Microwave Cavity Searches
• Recent Results from the PVLAS Experiment on the Magnetized Vacuum
• Axion Searches in the Past, at Present, and in the Near Future.