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If dark matter is composed of axions, then axion stars form in the cores of dark matter halos. These stars are unstable above a critical mass, decaying to radio photons that heat the intergalactic medium, offering a new channel for axion…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-02-09 Miguel Escudero , Charis Kaur Pooni , Malcolm Fairbairn , Diego Blas , Xiaolong Du , David J. E. Marsh

Ultralight axions with axion-photon couplings $g_{a\gamma\gamma} \sim {\rm few} \times 10^{-11}$ GeV$^{-1}$ may resolve a number of astrophysical anomalies, such as unexpected ~TeV transparency, anomalous stellar cooling, and X-ray excesses…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-03-02 Christopher Dessert , Andrew J. Long , Benjamin R. Safdi

We update the globular cluster bound on massive ($m_a$ up to a few 100 keV) axion-like particles (ALP) interacting with photons. The production of such particles in the stellar core is dominated by the Primakoff $\gamma + Ze\to Ze +a$ and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-09-04 Pierluca Carenza , Oscar Straniero , Babette Döbrich , Maurizio Giannotti , Giuseppe Lucente , Alessandro Mirizzi

Polarization measurements of thermal radiation from magnetic white dwarf (MWD) stars have been proposed as a probe of axion-photon mixing. The radiation leaving the surface of the MWD is unpolarized, but if low-mass axions exist then…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-06-08 Christopher Dessert , David Dunsky , Benjamin R. Safdi

If the thermal evolution of the hot young neutron star in the supernova remnant HESS J1731-347 is driven by neutrino emission, it provides a stringent constraint on the coupling of light (mass $\ll 10$ keV) axion-like particles to neutrons.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-09-21 Mikhail V. Beznogov , Ermal Rrapaj , Dany Page , Sanjay Reddy

We have searched for axions which could be produced in the solar core by exploiting their conversion to X rays in a strong laboratory magnetic field. The signature of the solar axion is an increase in the rate of the X rays detected in a…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 Shigetaka Moriyama , Makoto Minowa , Toshio Namba , Yoshizumi Inoue , Yuko Takasu , Akira Yamamoto

The axion-like particles $a$ can be produced in the Sun via the process of $p + D \to {}^3{\rm He} +a$, with mass up to 5.5 MeV. The photons in the subsequent decay $a \to \gamma\gamma$ can deviate significantly from the Sun, or even from…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-04-21 Yu-Cheng Qiu , Yongchao Zhang

High-energy photons may oscillate with axion-like particles (ALPs) when they propagate through the Milky Way's magnetic field, resulting in an alteration in the observed photon energy spectrum. The ultra-high energy gamma-ray spectra,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-01-04 Jun Li , Xiao-Jun Bi , Lin-Qing Gao , Xiaoyuan Huang , Run-Min Yao , Peng-Fei Yin

Axion is one of the most popular candidates of the cosmological dark matter. Recent studies considering the misalignment production of axions suggest some benchmark axion mass ranges near $m_a \sim 20$ $\mu$eV. For such axion mass, the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-25 Man Ho Chan

A search for solar axions has been performed using an axion helioscope which is equipped with a 2.3m-long 4T superconducting magnet, PIN-photodiode X-ray detectors, and a telescope mount mechanism to track the sun. In addition, a gas…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Y. Inoue , T. Namba , S. Moriyama , M. Minowa , Y. Takasu , T. Horiuchi , A. Yamamoto

We treat prospects for multimessenger astronomy with giant flares (GFs), a rare transient event featured by magnetars that can be as luminous as a hundred of the brightest supernovae ever observed. The beamed photons could correlate with an…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-09-14 Javier De Miguel , Chiko Otani

Axion-photon oscillation effect provides a possible explanation for the presence of very-high-energy (VHE) $\gamma$-ray signals from distant sources. In this work, we propose a model-dependent method to select possible sources that may give…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-11-14 Yu-Chong Chen , Siyu Chen , Wei-Cong Huang , Qing Yang , Hong-Hao Zhang

Orbiting $\gamma$-detectors combined with the magnetic field of the Earth or the Sun can work parasitically as cosmic axion telescopes. The relatively short field lengths allow the axion-to-photon conversion to be coherent for $m_{axion}…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 K. Zioutas , D. J. Thompson , E. A. Paschos

Heavy axion-like particles (ALPs), with masses up to a few 100 keV and coupled with photons can be efficiently produced in stellar plasmas, contributing to a significant energy-loss. This argument has been applied to helium burning stars in…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-06-30 Giuseppe Lucente , Oscar Straniero , Pierluca Carenza , Maurizio Giannotti , Alessandro Mirizzi

We report a mm-wave search for axion dark matter from SGR 1745-2900, based on 4.8 h of ALMA observations. No candidate features are found between 133.99-135.78, 135.91-137.70, 145.99-147.78, and 147.99-149.78~GHz, corresponding to 0.55-0.62…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-05-26 Javier De Miguel , Evanthia Hatziminaoglou , Frédéric Poidevin , Nanda Rea , Daniel L. Walker , Davide De Grandis , Jaime Prieto-Polo

Astrophysical gamma-ray sources come in a variety of sizes and magnetizations. We deduce general conditions under which gamma-ray spectra from such sources would be significantly affected by axion-photon mixing. We show that, depending on…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Kathrin A. Hochmuth , Guenter Sigl

Axion-like particles (ALPs) are hypothetical pseudoscalar bosons that arise in many extensions of the Standard Model and are well-motivated dark matter candidates. Nearby massive stars in the late stages of stellar evolution provide a…

A search for solar axions has been performed using an axion helioscope which is equipped with a 2.3m-long 4T superconducting magnet, a gas container to hold dispersion-matching gas, PIN-photodiode X-ray detectors, and a telescope mount…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-06-07 Y. Inoue , Y. Akimoto , R. Ohta , T. Mizumoto , A. Yamamoto , M. Minowa

We perform a linear mode analysis of a uniformly distributed cloud of axion-like particles (ALPs) embedded in a magnetized intergalactic medium, in order to investigate the stability of axion stars under realistic astrophysical conditions.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-14 Kuldeep J. Purohit , Jitesh R. Bhatt , Subhendra Mohanty , Prashant K. Mehta

Axions and other putative feebly interacting particles (FIPs) with a mass of tens to several hundreds of keVs can be produced in stellar cores with a Lorentz boost factor $E_a/m_a\lesssim 10$. Thus, starburst galaxies such as M82 are…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-05-06 Francisco R. Candón , Damiano F. G. Fiorillo , Giuseppe Lucente , Edoardo Vitagliano , Julia K. Vogel