
Axions 2010
Proceedings of the International Conference
American Institute of Physics (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 14. October 2010
Book
Hardback
190 pages
978-0-7354-0824-1 (ISBN)
Description
The existence of an axion is doubly motivated: it solves a fundamental problem of the Standard Model of elementary particles and it is a leading dark matter candidate. The axion was postulated in 1977, shortly after the Standard Model became widely accepted, to explain why the strong interactions are parity invariant. In 1983, it was shown that axions are abundantly produced in the early universe and would appear as dark matter today. Thus, the existence of an axion has interesting implications for cosmology, astrophysics and particle physics. Searches for other related hypothetical elementary particles such as axion-like particles, paraphotons and chameleons, are also reviewed.
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Edition
1., 2010
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Illustrations
ISBN-13
978-0-7354-0824-1 (9780735408241)
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