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Axion effects on gamma-ray spectral irregularities with AGN redshift uncertainty

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2023-04-12 v2 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

Abstract

We investigate the photon-axionlike particle (ALP) oscillation effects on TeV gamma-ray spectral irregularities from the uncertain redshift active galactic nuclei (AGN) VER J0521+211. The gamma-ray spectra are measured by Fermi-LAT and VERITAS with the three flux states in 2013 and 2014. We set the combined constraints on the ALP parameter (ma,gaγm_a, g_{a\gamma}) space with these states and test the extragalactic background light (EBL) absorption effect on ALP constraints with the redshift limit scenarios z0O(0.10.3)z_0\sim\mathcal{O}(0.1-0.3). The 99% C.L.\rm C.L. photon-ALP combined constraints set by VER J0521+211 are roughly at gaγ2.0×1011GeV1g_{a\gamma} \gtrsim 2.0\times 10^{-11} \rm \, GeV^{-1} for 1.0×109eVma1.0×107eV1.0\times10^{-9} \, {\rm eV} \lesssim m_a \lesssim 1.0\times10^{-7} \, {\rm eV}. We find no clear connection between the redshift limit scenarios and the photon-ALP constraints. Both the underestimated and overestimated redshifts can affect the constraint results.

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@article{arxiv.2211.00524,
  title  = {Axion effects on gamma-ray spectral irregularities with AGN redshift uncertainty},
  author = {Hai-Jun Li and Wei Chao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.00524},
  year   = {2023}
}

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7 pages, 4 figures. Published in PRD