Axions for amateurs
Popular Physics
2023-10-30 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
Axions are an increasingly popular topic in theoretical physics, and are sparking a global experimental effort. In the following I review the motivations for the existence of axions, the theories underlying them, and the methods to search for them. The target audience is an interested amateur, physics undergraduate, or scientist in another field, and so I use no complicated mathematics or advanced theoretical topics, and instead use lots of analogies.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2308.16003,
title = {Axions for amateurs},
author = {David J. E. Marsh},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.16003},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
28 pages, invited review for Contemporary Physics. v2: small corrections and minor additions