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Axion dark matter can resonantly convert into photons in the magnetospheres of neutron stars (NSs). It has recently been shown that radio observations of nearby NSs can therefore provide a highly sensitive probe of the axion parameter…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-06-03 Mikaël Leroy , Marco Chianese , Thomas D. P. Edwards , Christoph Weniger

We propose a new method to detect observational appearance of Dark Matter axions. The method utilizes observations of neutron stars (NSs) in radio. It is based on the conversion of axions to photons in strong magnetic fields of NSs…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-18 M. S. Pshirkov , S. B. Popov

We show that axion dark matter (DM) may be detectable through narrow radio lines emitted from neutron stars. The neutron star magnetosphere hosts a strong magnetic field and a plasma frequency that increases towards the neutron star…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-12-19 Anson Hook , Yonatan Kahn , Benjamin R. Safdi , Zhiquan Sun

Axion dark matter (DM) may efficiently convert to photons in the magnetospheres of neutron stars (NSs), producing nearly monochromatic radio emission. This process is resonantly triggered when the plasma frequency induced by the underlying…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-28 Joshua W. Foster , Samuel J. Witte , Matthew Lawson , Tim Linden , Vishal Gajjar , Christoph Weniger , Benjamin R. Safdi

Axion dark matter (DM) may convert to radio-frequency electromagnetic radiation in the strong magnetic fields around neutron stars. The radio signature of such a process would be an ultra-narrow spectral peak at a frequency determined by…

A model is constructed to predict the emission originating from axion-to-photon conversion in the strongly magnetized ultrarelativistic plasma of neutron stars. The acceleration and multiplicity of the charges are observed to shift the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-02-20 Javier De Miguel

The potential to detect axion dark matter through astrophysical processes has shown high promise in recent years. We therefore expand on previous work studying the axion-to-photon conversion efficacy of neutron stars and the interstellar…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-15 Felix Weber , Vikram Ravi

The QCD axion and axion-like particles are compelling candidates for galactic dark matter. Theoretically, axions can convert into photons in the presence of a strong external magnetic field, which means it is possible to search for them…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-19 Liam Walters , Jordan Shroyer , Madeleine Edenton , Prakamya Agrawal , Bradley Johnson , Bradley J. Kavanagh , David J. E. Marsh , Luca Visinelli

Axion as one of the promising dark matter candidates can be detected through narrow radio lines emitted from the magnetic white dwarf stars. Due to the existence of the strong magnetic field, the axion may resonantly convert into the radio…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-06-23 Jin-Wei Wang , Xiao-Jun Bi , Run-Min Yao , Peng-Fei Yin

We discuss axion dark matter detection via two mechanisms: spontaneous decays and resonant conversion in neutron star magnetospheres. For decays, we show that the brightness temperature signal, rather than flux, is a less ambiguous measure…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-15 Richard A. Battye , Bjoern Garbrecht , Jamie I. McDonald , Francesco Pace , Sankarshana Srinivasan

Axion dark matter (DM) is predicted to convert into radio waves in neutron star magnetospheres. We assess the detectability of this signal using a 5 m radio telescope to be installed at the Fan Mountain Observatory, operating in the UHF, L-…

When axion stars fly through an astrophysical magnetic background, the axion-to-photon conversion may generate a large electromagnetic radiation power. After including the interference effects of the spacially-extended axion-star source and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-04-11 Yang Bai , Yuta Hamada

Axions are well-motivated candidates for dark matter. Recently, much interest has focused on the detection of photons produced by the resonant conversion of axion dark matter in neutron star magnetospheres. Various groups have begun to…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-10-04 R. A. Battye , B. Garbrecht , J. I. McDonald , S. Srinivasan

As a well-motivated dark matter candidate, axions can be detected through the axion-photon resonant conversion in the magnetospheres of magnetic white dwarf stars or neutron stars. In this work, we utilize Omega Centauri, which is the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-11-24 Jin-Wei Wang , Xiao-Jun Bi , Peng-Fei Yin

The QCD axion, originally proposed to solve the strong CP problem in QCD, is a prominent candidate for dark matter (DM). In the presence of strong magnetic fields, such as those around neutron stars, axions can theoretically convert into…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-19 Luca Visinelli , Bradley Johnson , Bradley J. Kavanagh , David J. E. Marsh , Jordan E. Shroyer , Liam Walters

Axions are a well-motivated dark matter candidate. They may be detectable from radio line emission due to resonant conversion in neutron star magnetospheres. While radio data collection for this signal has begun, further efforts are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-03-19 Jesse Satherley , Chris Gordon , Chris Stevens

The magnetospheres of neutron stars in the Galactic Center provide an exceptional environment to search for dark matter axions through their resonant conversion into photons. The combination of extreme magnetic fields and high dark matter…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-17 J. De Miguel , E. Hatziminaoglou , J. Prieto-Polo , J. D. Marrero-Falcón , Abaz Kryemadhi

The exploration of the parameter space of axion and axion-like particle dark matter is a major aim of the future program of astroparticle physics investigations. In this context, we present a possible strategy that focuses on detecting…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-06-06 Elisa Todarello , Marco Regis , Marco Taoso , Maurizio Giannotti , Jaime Ruz , Julia K. Vogel

Axions provide a natural and well-motivated dark matter candidate, with the capability to convert directly to photons in the presence of an electromagnetic field. A particularly compelling observational target is the conversion of dark…

Gravitationally bound clumps of dark matter axions in the form of 'miniclusters' or even denser 'axion stars' can generate strong radio signals through axion-photon conversion when encountering highly magnetised neutron star magnetospheres.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-03-29 Samuel J. Witte , Sebastian Baum , Matthew Lawson , M. C. David Marsh , Alexander J. Millar , Gustavo Salinas
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