New limit on the mass of 9.4-keV solar axions emitted in an M1 transition in $^{83}$Kr nuclei


Abstract in English

A search for resonant absorption of the solar axion by $^{83}rm{Kr}$ nuclei was performed using the proportional counter installed inside the low-background setup at the Baksan Neutrino Observatory. The obtained model independent upper limit on the combination of isoscalar and isovector axion-nucleon couplings $|g_3-g_0|leq 1.69times 10^{-6}$ allowed us to set the new upper limit on the hadronic axion mass of $m_{A}leq 130$ eV (95% C.L.) with the generally accepted values $S$=0.5 and $z$=0.56.

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