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We report first results from RadioAxion, an underground experiment searching for axion dark matter through periodic modulations of radioisotope decays. We monitor the $\alpha$ decay of ${^{241}}$Am via its $59.5$ keV $\gamma$ line using a…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-05-25 Carlo Broggini , Giuseppe Di Carlo , Luca Di Luzio , Denise Piatti , Claudio Toni

The unsurpassed sensitivity and resolution of the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) will make it possible for the first time to probe the continuum emission of normal star forming galaxies out to the edges of the universe. This opens the…

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will have a low frequency component (SKA-low) which has as one of its main science goals the study of the redshifted 21cm line from the earliest phases of star and galaxy formation in the Universe. This 21cm…

We discuss the sensitivity of the present and near-future axion dark matter experiments to a halo of axions or axion-like particles gravitationally bound to the Earth or the Sun. The existence of such halos, assuming they are formed,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-01-28 Abhishek Banerjee , Dmitry Budker , Joshua Eby , Victor V. Flambaum , Hyungjin Kim , Oleksii Matsedonskyi , Gilad Perez

This Letter reports results from a haloscope search for dark matter axions with masses between 2.66 and 2.81 $\mu$eV. The search excludes the range of axion-photon couplings predicted by plausible models of the invisible axion. This…

We propose new signals for the direct detection of ultralight dark matter such as the axion. Axion or axion like particle (ALP) dark matter may be thought of as a background, classical field. We consider couplings for this field which give…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-09-11 Peter W. Graham , Surjeet Rajendran

We present results of a search for the 3.5 keV emission line in our recent very long (~ 1.4 Ms) XMM-Newton observation of the Draco dwarf spheroidal galaxy. The astrophysical X-ray emission from such dark matter-dominated galaxies is faint,…

The Square Kilometre Array will be a revolutionary instrument for the study of gas in the distant Universe. SKA1 will have sufficient sensitivity to detect and image atomic 21 cm HI in individual galaxies at significant cosmological…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-12-19 J. Wagg , E. Da Cunha , C. L. Carilli , F. Walter , M. Aravena , I. Heywood , J. Hodge , E. Murphy , D. Riechers , M. Sargent , R. Wang

The Square Kilometer Array will have the sensitivity, spatial resolution, and frequency resolution to provide new scientific knowledge of evolved stars. Four basic areas of scientific exploration are enhanced by the construction of the SKA:…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Kevin Marvel

We study the full-sky distribution of the radio emission from the stimulated decay of axions which are assumed to compose the dark matter in the Galaxy. Besides the constant extragalactic and CMB components, the decays are stimulated by a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-04-16 P. S. Bhupal Dev , Francesc Ferrer , Takuya Okawa

Interferometry of the cosmic 21-cm signal is set to revolutionise our understanding of the Epoch of Reionisation (EoR) and the Cosmic Dawn (CD). The culmination of ongoing efforts will be the upcoming Square Kilometre Array (SKA), which…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 Bradley Greig , Andrei Mesinger , Léon V. E. Koopmans

The dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) in the Milky Way are the primary targets in the indirect searches for particle dark matter. To set robust constraints on candidate of dark matter particles, understanding the dark halo structure of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-08-05 Kohei Hayashi , Koji Ichikawa , Shigeki Matsumoto , Masahiro Ibe , Miho N. Ishigaki , Hajime Sugai

The dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxies (dSphs) of the Milky Way are some of the most dark matter (DM) dominated objects known. We report on gamma-ray observations of Milky Way dSphs based on 6 years of Fermi Large Area Telescope data…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-12-09 LAT Collaboration

We present a new analysis of the relative detectability of dark matter annihilation in the Milky Way's eight classical dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxies. Ours is similar to previous analyses in that we use Markov-Chain Monte Carlo…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-07-05 M. G. Walker , C. Combet , J. A. Hinton , D. Maurin , M. I. Wilkinson

Axions are an elegant solution to the strong CP problem for particle physics and a promising dark matter candidate. They can convert into photons under a strong magnetic field, while magnetars with extreme magnetic fields are natural labs…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-20 Zixuan Liu , Jiajun Zhang

If the symmetry breaking inducing the axion occurs after the inflation, the large axion isocurvature perturbations can arise due to a different axion amplitude in each causally disconnected patch. This causes the enhancement of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-20 Kenji Kadota , Toyokazu Sekiguchi , Hiroyuki Tashiro

As of 2023, the Square Kilometre Array will constitute the world's largest radio telescope, offering unprecedented capabilities for a diverse science programme in radio astronomy. At the same time, the SKA will be ideally suited to detect…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-17 T. Huege , J. D. Bray , S. Buitink , R. Dallier , R. D. Ekers , H. Falcke , A. Haungs , C. W. James , L. Martin , B. Revenu , O. Scholten , F. G. Schröder , A. Zilles

The concept of a Square Kilometre Array was developed to ensure that progress in Radio Astronomy in the early 21st Century continued at the same impressive pace as was achieved during the first 50 years. The SKA telescope is designed to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-12-11 Lisa Harvey-Smith

We propose simple scenarios where the observed dark matter abundance arises from decays and scatterings of heavy quarks through freeze-in of an axion-like particle with mass in the $10 {\rm \, keV} - 1 {\rm \, MeV}$ range. These models can…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-04-19 Mohammad Aghaie , Giovanni Armando , Angela Conaci , Alessandro Dondarini , Peter Matak , Paolo Panci , Zuzana Sinska , Robert Ziegler

There exists considerable interest in dark matter candidates that can reduce cosmological structure at sub-galactic scales through a suppression of the power spectrum of primordial perturbations as well as have a primordial velocity…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-03-12 Kevork N. Abazajian