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Axion Induced Oscillating Electric Dipole Moments

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-07-01 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Experiment High Energy Physics - Theory Nuclear Experiment

Abstract

The axion electromagnetic anomaly induces an oscillating electric dipole for {\em any} static magnetic dipole. Static electric dipoles do not produce oscillating magnetic moments. This is a low energy theorem which is a consequence of the space-time dependent cosmic background field of the axion in the limit that it is only locally time dependent (β=0)(\overrightarrow{\beta}=0). The electron will acquire an oscillating electric dipole of frequency mam_a and strength 1032\sim 10^{-32} e-cm, three orders of magnitude above the nucleon, and within four orders of magnitude of the present standard model DC limit. This may suggest sensitive new experimental venues for the axion dark matter search.

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@article{arxiv.1504.01295,
  title  = {Axion Induced Oscillating Electric Dipole Moments},
  author = {Christopher T. Hill},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1504.01295},
  year   = {2015}
}

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4 pages, one figure