The first searches for axions and axion-like particles with the Large Underground Xenon experiment are presented .
Under the assumption of an axio-electric interaction in xenon , the coupling constant between axions and electrons g _ { Ae } is tested using data collected in 2013 with an exposure totalling 95 live days \times 118 kg .
A double-sided , profile likelihood ratio statistic test excludes g _ { Ae } larger than 3.5 \times 10 ^ { -12 } ( 90 % C.L . )
for solar axions .
Assuming the Dine-Fischler-Srednicki-Zhitnitsky theoretical description , the upper limit in coupling corresponds to an upper limit on axion mass of 0.12 eV/ c ^ { 2 } , while for the Kim-Shifman-Vainshtein-Zhakharov description masses above 36.6 eV/ c ^ { 2 } are excluded .
For galactic axion-like particles , values of g _ { Ae } larger than 4.2 \times 10 ^ { -13 } are excluded for particle masses in the range 1–16 keV/ c ^ { 2 } .
These are the most stringent constraints to date for these interactions .