A new search result of the Tokyo axion helioscope is presented. The axion
helioscope consists of a dedicated cryogen-free 4T superconducting magnet with
an effective length of 2.3 m and PIN photodiodes as x-ray detectors. Solar
axions, if exist, would be converted into X-ray photons through the inverse
Primakoff process in the magnetic field. Conversion is coherently enhanced even
for massive axions by filling the conversion region with helium gas. The
present third phase measurement sets a new limit of
g_{a\gamma\gamma}<(5.6--13.4)\times10^{-10} GeV^{-1} for the axion mass of
0.84<m_a<1.0 eV at 95% confidence level.Comment: 4th Patras Workshop on Axions, WIMPs and WISP
