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We study the weak mixing of photons and relativistic axion-like particles (axions) in plasmas with background magnetic fields, ${\bf B}$. We show that, to leading order in the axion-photon coupling, the conversion probability, $P_{\gamma…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-02-04 M. C. David Marsh , James H. Matthews , Christopher Reynolds , Pierluca Carenza

We consider the minimal coupling of two photons to neutral scalar and pseudoscalar fields, as for instance in the case of the Higgs boson and axion, respectively. In this framework, we analyze the photon dispersion relations in the presence…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 E. Gabrielli , K. Huitu , S. Roy

We study the evolution of photon polarization during the photon-axion conversion process with focusing on the magnetic field configuration dependence. Most previous studies have been carried out in a conventional model where a network of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-30 Emi Masaki , Arata Aoki , Jiro Soda

Light particle-photon mixing in magnetised plasmas plays a vital role in constraining the existence of new physics, especially axions, dark photons, and ultra-high-frequency gravitational waves. Recently, we derived an expression for the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-07-17 J. I. McDonald , P. Millington

The axion photon system in an external magnetic field, when for example considered with the geometry of the experiments exploring axion photon mixing, displays a continuous axion-photon duality symmetry in the limit the axion mass is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 E. I. Guendelman

Axion-like particles (ALPs) are a common prediction of certain theories beyond the Standard Model and couple to photons in the presence of external magnetic fields. As a consequence, photon-ALP conversions could lead to an enhancement of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-12-09 Manuel Meyer

We identify a new resonance, axion magnetic resonance (AMR), that can greatly enhance the conversion rate between axions and photons. A series of axion search experiments rely on converting them into photons inside a constant magnetic field…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-09-12 Hyeonseok Seong , Chen Sun , Seokhoon Yun

In this paper we investigate graviton-photon oscillation in the presence of an external magnetic field in alternative theories of gravity. Whereas the effect of an effective refractive index for the electromagnetic radiation was already…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-09-20 Jose A. R. Cembranos , Mario Coma Diaz , Prado Martin-Moruno

We present results showing that, thanks to axion-photon mixing in external magnetic fields, it is actually possible to produce an effect similar to the one needed to explain the large-scale coherent orientations of quasar polarisation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-01-22 A. Payez , J. R. Cudell , D. Hutsemekers

Axion-like particles (ALPs), hypothetical extensions of the Standard Model, can convert into photons in an external magnetic field. Two recent studies~\cite{Todarello:2023ptf, Ruz:2024gkl} explored the phenomenology of ALP-photon conversion…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-01-28 Elisa Todarello

Axion dark matter can resonantly convert to photons in the magnetosphere of neutron stars, possibly giving rise to radio signals observable on Earth. This method for the indirect detection of axion dark matter has recently received…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-11-11 Alexander J. Millar , Sebastian Baum , Matthew Lawson , M. C. David Marsh

Axion-photon oscillation refers to the process of mutual conversion between photons and axions when they propagate in a magnetic field. This process depends on the strength of the background magnetic field, and magnetic white dwarfs provide…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-05-29 Hao-Chen Tian , Zhao-Yang Wang , Yun-Feng Liang , Zhao-Wei Du

We give a detailed study of axion-photon and photon-axion conversion amplitudes, which enter the analysis of ``light shining through a wall'' experiments. Several different calculational methods are employed and compared, and in all cases…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Stephen L. Adler , J. Gamboa , F. Mendez , J. Lopez-Sarrion

It is known that a coherently oscillating axion field is a candidate of the dark matter. In the presence of the oscillating axion, the photon can be resonantly produced through the parametric amplification. In the universe, there also exist…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-02-12 Emi Masaki , Arata Aoki , Jiro Soda

A mass-shift of the axion propagating in an external constant homogenious magnetic field is calculated. The contributions via an electron loop and a virtual photon are examined. It is shown that the virtual photon contribution dominates…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-11-03 N. V. Mikheev , A. Ya. Parkhomenko , L. A. Vassilevskaya

An interaction of a pseudoscalar particle with two photons induced by an external electromagnetic field is used to study the photon decay $\gamma \to \gamma a$ where a is a pseudoscalar particle associated with the Peccei-Quinn U(1)…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 N. V. Mikheev , A. Ya. Parkhomenko , L. A. Vassilevskaya

We develop a quantum kinetic theory for photons in the presence of an axion background and in the collisioness limit. In deriving the classical regime of our quantum kinetic equations, we observe that they capture well known features of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-04-18 Marc Comadran , Cristina Manuel

The photon splitting gamma -> gamma gamma in a time-independent and inhomogeneous magnetized background is considered when neutral and ultralight spin-0 particles are coupled to two-photons. Depending on the inhomogeneity scale of the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Emidio Gabrielli , Massimo Giovannini

Very high energy (VHE, energy >~ 100 GeV) {\gamma}-rays originating from extragalactic sources interact with low energy photons of background radiation fields and produce electron-positron pairs. Alternatively, in the presence of ambient…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-11-28 Manuel Meyer , Dieter Horns , Luca Maccione , Alessandro Mirizzi , Daniele Montanino , Marco Roncadelli

Many present-day axion searches attempt to probe the mixing of axions and photons, which occurs in the presence of an external magnetic field. While this process is well-understood in a number of simple and idealized contexts, a strongly…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-05-16 Estanis Utrilla Ginés , Dion Noordhuis , Christoph Weniger , Samuel J. Witte