Axions 2010: Proceedings of the International

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.

Foreword	p. vii
Pierre Sikivie and the Gift for Simple Ideas	p. 1
Why PQ?	p. 7
SO(10) SUSY GUTs with Mainly Axion Cold Dark Matter: Implications for Cosmology and Colliders	p. 14
Phenomenological Implications of Heavy Axion Models	p. 20
Spin-Two ALPs	p. 26
Light Particles-A Window to Fundamental Physics	p. 30
Axion as a Fundamental Entity in the Universe	p. 36
Non-Abelian Strings and Axions	p. 47
Dark Energy from QCD	p. 60
Axion Bounds from Precision Cosmology	p. 66
Question Isotropy	p. 72
Thermal Axion Constraints in Non-Standard Thermal Histories	p. 78
The Milky Way's Dark Matter Distribution and Consequences from Axion Detection	p. 85
Axion Bose-Einstein Condensation: A Model beyond Cold Dark Matter	p. 91
Dark Matter Caustics	p. 97
Axions from Cosmic String and Wall Decay	p. 103
The Axion Dark-Matter eXperiment (ADMX): Recent Results	p. 109
ADMX Phase II. Relocation and Millikelvin Cooling	p. 115
Exotic Physics with ADMX	p. 121
Cast: An Inspiring Axion Helioscope à la Sikivie	p. 127
Tokyo Axion Helioscope	p. 133
Solid Xenon Project	p. 138
Large-Scale Coherent Orientations of Quasar Polarisation Vectors: Interpretation in Terms of Axion-Like Particles	p. 144
Resonantly-Enhanced Axion-Photon Regeneration	p. 150
Optical Resonators in Current and Future Experiments of the ALPS Collaboration	p. 156
Weakly Interacting Sub-ev Particle Searches	p. 163
Challenges and Opportunities for the Next Generation of Photon Regeneration Experiments	p. 169
Notes from the 3rd Axion Strategy Meeting	p. 175
Conference Program	p. 181
Author Index	p. 185
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Axions 2010: Proceedings of the International Conference, Gainesville, Florida 15-17 January 2010

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