Turbulent axion-photon conversions in the Milky-Way
Abstract
The Milky-Way magnetic field can trigger conversions between photons and axion-like particles (ALPs), leading to peculiar features on the observable photon spectra. Previous studies considered only the regular component of the magnetic field. However, observations consistently show the existence of an additional turbulent component, with a similar strength and correlated on a scale of a few 10pc. We investigate the impact of the turbulent magnetic field on the ALP-photon conversions, characterizing the effects numerically and analytically. We show that the turbulent magnetic field can change the conversion probability by up to a factor of two and may lead to observable irregularities in the observable photon spectra from different astrophysical sources.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.2104.13935,
title = {Turbulent axion-photon conversions in the Milky-Way},
author = {Pierluca Carenza and Carmelo Evoli and Maurizio Giannotti and Alessandro Mirizzi and Daniele Montanino},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.13935},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
15 pages, 12 figures. v2: minor corrections to match the version published on PRD