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Active Galactic Nuclei Shed Light on Axion-like-Particles

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2009-06-30 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Authors: Clare Burrage , Anne-Christine Davis , Douglas J. Shaw
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Abstract

We demonstrate that the scatter in the luminosity relations of astrophysical objects can be used to search for axion-like-particles (ALPs). This analysis is applied to observations of active galactic nuclei, where we find evidence strongly suggestive of the existence of a very light ALP.

Keywords

axion-like particles axion dark matter active galactic nuclei

Cite

@article{arxiv.0902.2320,
  title  = {Active Galactic Nuclei Shed Light on Axion-like-Particles},
  author = {Clare Burrage and Anne-Christine Davis and Douglas J. Shaw},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0902.2320},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

4 pages, 3 figures

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