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Resonant Axion Radiation Conversion in Solar Spicules

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2023-05-17 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics

Abstract

It has recently been observed that solar spicules covering almost of all solar surface have strong magnetic field B102B\sim 10^2G. They are supposed to be plasma jets emitted from chromosphere and they arrive up to 104\sim 10^4km. Their electron number density is such that ne=1010cm3n_e=10^{10}\rm cm^{-3}\sim 1012cm310^{12}\rm cm^{-3}. Corresponding plasma frequency mp=e2ne/mem_p=\sqrt{e^2n_e/m_e} ( electron mass mem_e ) is nearly equal to axion mass ma=105m_a=10^{-5}eV104\sim 10^{-4}eV. Thus, resonant radiation conversion of axion with the mass can arise in the spicules. We show that radiations converted from axion dark matter possess flux density 106\mboxJy(ma/104\mboxeV)(B/3×102G)2\sim 10^{-6}\mbox{Jy}(m_a/10^{-4}\mbox{eV})(B/3\times 10^2\rm G)^2. The radiations show line spectrum with frequency 24\simeq 24GHz(ma/104eV)(m_a/10^{-4}\rm eV). Our estimation has fewer ambiguities in physical parameters than similar estimation in neutron stars because physical parameters like electron number density have been more unambiguously observed in the sun. But, much strong solar thermal radiations would preclude sensitive observations of such radiations from the axions.

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@article{arxiv.2206.07866,
  title  = {Resonant Axion Radiation Conversion in Solar Spicules},
  author = {Aiichi Iwazaki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2206.07866},
  year   = {2023}
}

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6 pages, no figure

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