A Review of Axion Lasing in Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2023-11-29 v1 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
Axions can be stimulated to decay to photons by ambient photons of the right frequency or by photons from decay of neighboring axions. If the axion density is high enough the photon intensity can be amplified, which is a type of lasing or an axion maser. Here we review the astrophysical situations where axion lasing can appear and possibly be detected.
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@article{arxiv.2311.16453,
title = {A Review of Axion Lasing in Astrophysics},
author = {Liang Chen and Thomas W. Kephart},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.16453},
year = {2023}
}
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19 pages