@article{5a840be910bd439bbe6842f1986154ad,
title = "First Constraints on Heavy QCD Axions with a Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber Using the ArgoNeuT Experiment",
abstract = "We present the results of a search for heavy QCD axions performed by the ArgoNeuT experiment at Fermilab. We search for heavy axions produced in the NuMI neutrino beam target and absorber decaying into dimuon pairs, which can be identified using the unique capabilities of ArgoNeuT and the MINOS near detector. This decay channel is motivated by a broad class of heavy QCD axion models that address the strong CP and axion quality problems with axion masses above the dimuon threshold. We obtain new constraints at a 95% confidence level for heavy axions in the previously unexplored mass range of 0.2-0.9 GeV, for axion decay constants around tens of TeV.",
author = "{(The ArgoNeuT Collaboration)} and R. Acciarri and C. Adams and B. Baller and V. Basque and F. Cavanna and Co, {R. T.} and Fitzpatrick, {R. S.} and B. Fleming and P. Green and R. Harnik and Kelly, {K. J.} and S. Kumar and K. Lang and I. Lepetic and Z. Liu and X. Luo and Lyu, {K. F.} and O. Palamara and G. Scanavini and M. Soderberg and J. Spitz and Szelc, {A. M.} and W. Wu and T. Yang",
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year = "2023",
month = jun,
day = "2",
doi = "10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.221802",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "130",
journal = "Physical Review Letters",
issn = "0031-9007",
publisher = "American Physical Society",
number = "22",
}