Field-induced axion decay $a \to e^+ e^-$ in plasma
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2009-10-31 v2
Abstract
The axion decay is investigated in the presence of a plasma and an external magnetic field. The results demonstrate a strong catalyzing influence of medium. The axion lifetime in the magnetic field of order G and at the temperature of order 10 MeV is reduced to s.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9812425,
title = {Field-induced axion decay $a \to e^+ e^-$ in plasma},
author = {N. V. Mikheev and A. Ya. Parkhomenko and L. A. Vassilevskaya},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9812425},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
9 pages, latex, 2 PS figures, corrected some typos