International Axion Observatory
The International Axion Observatory (IAXO) is a next-generation axion helioscope for the search of solar axions and axion-like particles. It is the follow-up of the CERN Axion Solar Telescope (CAST), which operated from 2003 until 2017. The IAXO will be set up by implementing the helioscope concept used in the CAST experiment to its largest possible size.
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| Predecessor | CERN Axion Solar Telescope |
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| Formation | July 2017 at DESY, Hamburg |
| Legal status | In construction |
| Purpose | Search for Dark Matter and Energy |
| Headquarters | DESY, Hamburg, Germany |
| Fields | Astroparticle physics |
Spokesperson | Igor G. Irastorza |
| Website | iaxo |
The Letter of Intent for International Axion Observatory was submitted to the CERN SPS committee in August 2013. IAXO formally founded in July 2017 and received an advanced grant from the European Research Council in October 2018. The near-term goal of the collaboration is to build a scaled-down prototype version of the experiment, called Baby-IAXO, which will be located at DESY, Germany.
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