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Axions and axion-like-particles (ALPs) are characterised by their two-photon coupling, which entails so-called photon-ALP oscillations as photons propagate through a magnetic field. These oscillations lead to distinctive signatures in the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-12-11 M. Kachelriess , J. Tjemsland

As very high energy (~100 GeV) gamma rays travel over cosmological distances, their flux is attenuated through interactions with the extragalactic background light. Observations of distant gamma ray sources at energies between ~200 GeV and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-03-31 Alexander V. Belikov , Lisa Goodenough , Dan Hooper

The very high energy (VHE, E $>$ $100 \mathrm~{GeV}$) $\gamma$-ray observations offer a possibility of indirectly detecting the presence of axion-like particles (ALPs). The paper focuses on detecting photon-ALP oscillations on $\gamma$-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-03-03 L. J. Dong , Y. G. Zheng , S. J. Kang , C. Y. Yang

We derive updated cosmological bounds on light axion-like particles (ALPs) coupled to leptons or photons, using a full phase-space treatment of their production from the primordial thermal plasma. The ALP phase-space distribution, obtained…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-12 Nicola Barbieri , Luca Caloni , Martina Gerbino , Massimiliano Lattanzi , Luca Visinelli

The conversion between photons and axionlike particles (ALPs) in the Milky Way magnetic field could result in the detectable oscillation phenomena in $\gamma$-ray spectra of Galactic sources. In this work, the GeV (Fermi-LAT) and TeV…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-08 Zi-Qing Xia , Yun-Feng Liang , Lei Feng , Qiang Yuan , Yi-Zhong Fan , Jian Wu

In this paper, we derive the upper bounds on the coupling of axion-like particles (ALPs) with photon as a function of the mass by considering axion-photon conversion in the Crab Nebula. Previous studies have not considered the influence of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-12-01 Kazunori Kohri , Haruki Takahashi

Galaxy clusters can efficiently convert axion-like particles (ALPs) to photons. We propose that the recently claimed detection of a 3.55--3.57 keV line in the stacked spectra of a large number of galaxy clusters and the Andromeda galaxy may…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-07-30 Michele Cicoli , Joseph P. Conlon , M. C. David Marsh , Markus Rummel

Axions or axion-like particles (ALPs) are one of the promising dark matter (DM) candidates. A prevalent method to detect axion-like DM is to seek periodic oscillation in the polarization angles (PAs) of linearly polarized light emitted from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-04-03 Bao Wang , Xuan Yang , Jun-Jie Wei , Song-Bo Zhang , Xue-Feng Wu

Coupling of axions or axion-like particles (ALPs) with photons may lead to photons escaping optically opaque regions by oscillating into ALPs. This phenomenon may be viewed as the Light Shining through Wall (LSW) scenario. While this LSW…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-11-27 Dibya S. Chattopadhyay , Basudeb Dasgupta , Amol Dighe , Mayank Narang

Axion-like-particles (ALPs) emitted from the core of a magnetar can convert to photons in its magnetosphere. The resulting photon flux is sensitive to the product of $(i)$ the ALP-nucleon coupling $G_{an}$ which controls the production…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-01-20 Sheridan J. Lloyd , Paula M. Chadwick , Anthony M. Brown , Huai-ke Guo , Kuver Sinha

Very high energy gamma-rays are expected to be absorbed by the extragalactic background light over cosmological distances via the process of electron-positron pair production. Recent observations of cosmologically distant gamma-ray emitters…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Melanie Simet , Dan Hooper , Pasquale D. Serpico

We revise gamma-ray limits on axion-like particles (ALPs) emitted from supernova SN1987A based on Solar Maximum Mission data. We improve and simplify the computation of the expected gamma-ray signal from ALP decays, while also extending it…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-03-29 Sebastian Hoof , Lena Schulz

The axion-like particles (ALPs) are very good candidates of the cosmological dark matter, which can exist in many extensions of the standard model (SM). The mass range of the ALPs as the dark matter can extend from a sub-eV scale to almost…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-12-05 Guo-yuan Huang , Newton Nath

Due to their high magnetic fields and plasma densities, pulsars provide excellent laboratories for tests of beyond Standard Model (BSM) physics. When axions or axion-like particles (ALPs) approach closely enough to pulsars, they can be…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-29 Anirudh Prabhu , Nicholas M. Rapidis

We investigate the photon-axionlike particle (ALP) oscillation effects on TeV gamma-ray spectral irregularities from the uncertain redshift active galactic nuclei (AGN) VER J0521+211. The gamma-ray spectra are measured by Fermi-LAT and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-04-12 Hai-Jun Li , Wei Chao

We propose using the upcoming Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) ground based experiments to detect the signal of ALPs (Axion like particles) interacting with magnetic fields in galaxy clusters. The conversion between CMB photons and ALPs in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-02 Suvodip Mukherjee , David N. Spergel , Rishi Khatri , Benjamin D. Wandelt

We establish strong gravitational lens systems as robust probes of axion-like particles (ALPs) -- a candidate for dark matter. A tiny interaction of photons with ALPs induces birefringence. Multiple images of gravitationally lensed…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-19 Aritra Basu , Jishnu Goswami , Dominik J. Schwarz , Yuko Urakawa

The misalignment mechanism for axion-like particles (ALPs) is a leading explanation for dark matter. In this work we investigate ALPs with non-periodic potentials, which allow for large misalignment of the field from the minimum and make it…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-02-19 Aleksandr Chatrchyan , Cem Eröncel , Matthias Koschnitzke , Géraldine Servant

Axions and axion-like particles (ALPs) arise naturally in many extensions of the Standard Model and are among the well-motivated candidates for dark matter. In the presence of magnetic fields of galaxy clusters, Cosmic Microwave Background…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-11 Harsh Mehta , Anaya Dixit , Suvodip Mukherjee , Joseph Silk

Axion-like particles (ALPs) are predicted in some well-motivated theories beyond the Standard Model. The TeV gamma-rays from active galactic nuclei (AGN) suffer attenuation by the pair production interactions with the cosmic background…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-10-11 Guangbo Long , Siyu Chen , Shuo Xu , Hong-Hao Zhang
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