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Axion Stars and Fast Radio Bursts

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-06-23 v2 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

Abstract

We show that fast radio bursts arise from collisions between axion stars and neutron stars. The bursts are emitted in the atmosphere of the neutron stars. The observed frequencies of the bursts are given by the axion mass mam_a such as ma/2π1.4\mboxGHz(ma/(6×106\mboxeV))m_a/2\pi\simeq 1.4\,\mbox{GHz}\,\big(m_a/(6\times 10^{-6}\mbox{eV})\big). From the event rate 103\sim 10^{-3} per year in a galaxy, we can determine the mass 1011M\sim 10^{-11}M_{\odot} of the axion stars. Using these values we can explain short durations ( \sim ms ) and amount of radiation energies ( 1043\sim 10^{43}GeV ) of the bursts.

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@article{arxiv.1410.4323,
  title  = {Axion Stars and Fast Radio Bursts},
  author = {A. Iwazaki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1410.4323},
  year   = {2015}
}

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