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Radiation backreaction in axion electrodynamics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2022-06-07 v1 Classical Physics

Abstract

Energy-momentum conservation of classical axion-electrodynamics is carefully analyzed in the Hamiltonian formulation of the theory. The term responsible for the energy transfer between the electromagnetic and the axion sectors is identified. As a special application the axion-to-light Primakoff-process in the background of a static magnetic field is worked out and the radiative self-damping of the axion oscillations is characterized quantitatively. The damping time turns out comparable to the age of the Universe in the preferred axion mass range.

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@article{arxiv.2206.02052,
  title  = {Radiation backreaction in axion electrodynamics},
  author = {Andras Patkos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2206.02052},
  year   = {2022}
}

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