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Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-29 Inmacolata Domínguez , Oscar Straniero , Luciano Piersanti , Maurizio Giannotti , Alessandro Mirizzi

Photons couple to Axion-Like Particles (ALPs) or more generally to any pseudo Nambu-Goldstone boson in the presence of an external electromagnetic field. Mixing between photons and ALPs in the strong magnetic field of a Gamma-Ray Burst…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-03-18 Olga Mena , Soebur Razzaque , F. Villaescusa-Navarro

We investigate the possible parametric growth of photon amplitudes in a background of axion-like particle (ALP) dark matter. The observed extragalactic background radiation limits the allowed enhancement effect. We derive the resulting…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-11 Günter Sigl , Pranjal Trivedi

In the beyond Standard Model (BSM) scenarios, the possibility of neutrinos decaying into a lighter state is one of the prime quests for the new-generation neutrino experiments. The observation of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-08 Bhanu Prakash Pant

Axion-like particles (ALPs) have been searched for with a quasi-parallel stimulated resonant photon-photon collider sensitive to the sub-eV mass range by focusing two-color near-infrared pulse lasers into a vacuum. In this work, we have…

Axion-Like Particles (ALPs) are the focus of intense current research. We analyze photon-ALP conversion in the context of relativistic jet models of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) for more than 100 sources. Contrary to previous claims, we…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-05-26 Nicola Bassan , Marco Roncadelli

Axion-Like Particles (ALPs) are predicted by several Beyond the Standard Model theories, in particular, string theory. In the presence of an external magnetic field perpendicular to the direction of propagation, ALPs can couple to photons.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-01-05 Júlia Sisk Reynés , James H. Matthews , Christopher S. Reynolds , Helen R. Russell , Robyn N. Smith , M. C. David Marsh

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

We study cross correlations between line intensity and weak lensing maps to search for axion-like particles (ALPs). Radiative decay of eV-mass ALPs can contribute to cosmic background emissions at optical and infrared wavelengths. Line…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-26 Masato Shirasaki

The supernova (SN) core, characterized by its extreme temperature and density, serves as a unique laboratory for new-physics searches. Low-energy supernovae (LESNe) provide particularly powerful probes, as their low explosion energies place…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-10-28 Zi-Miao Huang , Changqian Li , Zuowei Liu

We provide a fresh look at the cosmological constraints on axion-like particles (ALPs) that couple predominantly to photons, focusing on lifetimes $\tau_{a} \lesssim 10^{4}\, {\rm s}$ and masses $m_a\lesssim 10\,{\rm GeV}$. We consider Big…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-05-12 Miguel Escudero , Clara Garcia-Perez , Maksym Ovchynnikov

Axion-like particles (ALPs) are hypothetical pseudoscalar bosons, natural in extensions of the Standard Model. Their interactions with ordinary matter and radiation are suppressed, making it challenging to detect them in laboratory…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-03-27 S. V. Troitsky

We study the discovery potential of axion-like particles (ALP), pseudo-scalars weakly coupled to Standard Model fields, at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Our focus is on ALPs coupled to the electromagnetic field, which would induce…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-06-20 C. Baldenegro , S. Hassani , C. Royon , L. Schoeffel

Axion-like particles (ALPs) can account for the observed dark matter (DM) of the Universe and if their masses are at the eV scale, they can decay into infrared, optical and ultraviolet photons with a decay lifetime larger than the age of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-06-03 Arpan Kar , Sourov Roy , Pratick Sarkar

The high-energy Universe is potentially a great laboratory for searching new light bosons such as axion-like particles (ALPs). Cosmic sources are indeed the scene of violent phenomena that involve strong magnetic field and/or very long…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-15 Pierre Brun

The Axion Like Particle (ALP) is a hypothetical pseudo-scalar particle beyond the Standard Model, with a compelling possible connection to dark matter and early universe physics. ALPs can be converted into photons via interactions with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-03-04 Ryo Yamamoto , Noriko Y. Yamasaki , Kazuhisa Mitsuda , Masahiro Takada

In this article, we study the implications of the coupling between Axion-Like-Particles (ALPs) and Leptons to cosmology, in particular, the Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN). We show that the BBN, through the constraint on the effective number…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-11-11 Diptimoy Ghosh , Divya Sachdeva

We assume the coupling of Axion-like particle (ALP) to diphoton $g_{a\gamma\gamma} \sim 0$ and accomplish detailed analyses for the $\gamma Z$ decay mode of such heavy photophobic ALPs at the high luminosity-Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC).…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-05-20 Zilong Ding , Ying-nan Mao , Kechen Wang

We present a search for the direct production of a light pseudoscalar $a$ decaying into two photons with the Belle II detector at the SuperKEKB collider. We search for the process ${e^+e^-\to\gamma a, a \to\gamma\gamma}$ in the mass range…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2020-10-21 Belle II collaboration , F. Abudinen , I. Adachi , H. Aihara , N. Akopov , A. Aloisio , F. Ameli , N. Anh Ky , D. M. Asner , T. Aushev , V. Aushev , V. Babu , S. Baehr , S. Bahinipati , P. Bambade , Sw. Banerjee , S. Bansal , J. Baudot , J. Becker , P. K. Behera , J. V. Bennett , E. Bernieri , F. U. Bernlochner , M. Bertemes , M. Bessner , S. Bettarini , V. Bhardwaj , F. Bianchi , T. Bilka , S. Bilokin , D. Biswas , M. Bračko , P. Branchini , N. Braun , T. E. Browder , A. Budano , S. Bussino , M. Campajola , G. Casarosa , C. Cecchi , D. Červenkov , M. -C. Chang , P. Chang , R. Cheaib , V. Chekelian , B. G. Cheon , K. Chilikin , K. Chirapatpimol , H. -E. Cho , K. Cho , S. -J. Cho , S. -K. Choi , D. Cinabro , L. Corona , L. M. Cremaldi , S. Cunliffe , N. Dash , F. Dattola , E. De La Cruz-Burelo , G. De Nardo , M. De Nuccio , G. De Pietro , R. de Sangro , M. Destefanis , A. De Yta-Hernandez , F. Di Capua , Z. Doležal , T. V. Dong , K. Dort , D. Dossett , G. Dujany , S. Eidelman , T. Ferber , D. Ferlewicz , S. Fiore , A. Fodor , F. Forti , B. G. Fulsom , E. Ganiev , R. Garg , A. Garmash , V. Gaur , A. Gaz , U. Gebauer , A. Gellrich , T. Geßler , R. Giordano , A. Giri , B. Gobbo , R. Godang , P. Goldenzweig , B. Golob , P. Gomis , W. Gradl , E. Graziani , D. Greenwald , C. Hadjivasiliou , S. Halder , O. Hartbrich , K. Hayasaka , H. Hayashii , C. Hearty , M. T. Hedges , I. Heredia de la Cruz , M. Hernández Villanueva , A. Hershenhorn , T. Higuchi , E. C. Hill , H. Hirata , M. Hoek , M. Hohmann , C. -L. Hsu , Y. Hu , K. Inami , G. Inguglia , J. Irakkathil Jabbar , A. Ishikawa , R. Itoh , P. Jackson , W. W. Jacobs , D. E. Jaffe , E. -J. Jang , S. Jia , Y. Jin , C. Joo , A. B. Kaliyar , J. Kandra , G. Karyan , Y. Kato , H. Kichimi , C. Kiesling , C. -H. Kim , D. Y. Kim , H. J. Kim , S. -H. Kim , Y. -K. Kim , T. D. Kimmel , K. Kinoshita , C. Kleinwort , P. Kodyš , T. Koga , S. Kohani , I. Komarov , S. Korpar , T. M. G. Kraetzschmar , P. Križan , P. Krokovny , T. Kuhr , M. Kumar , R. Kumar , K. Kumara , S. Kurz , Y. -J. Kwon , S. Lacaprara , C. La Licata , L. Lanceri , J. S. Lange , I. -S. Lee , S. C. Lee , P. Leitl , D. Levit , P. M. Lewis , C. Li , L. K. Li , Y. B. Li , J. Libby , K. Lieret , L. Li Gioi , Z. Liptak , Q. Y. Liu , D. Liventsev , S. Longo , T. Luo , C. MacQueen , Y. Maeda , R. Manfredi , E. Manoni , S. Marcello , C. Marinas , A. Martini , M. Masuda , K. Matsuoka , D. Matvienko , F. Meggendorfer , F. Meier , M. Merola , F. Metzner , M. Milesi , C. Miller , K. Miyabayashi , R. Mizuk , K. Azmi , G. B. Mohanty , H. -G. Moser , M. Mrvar , F. J. Müller , R. Mussa , I. Nakamura , M. Nakao , H. Nakazawa , A. Natochii , C. Niebuhr , N. K. Nisar , S. Nishida , M. H. A. Nouxman , K. Ogawa , S. Ogawa , H. Ono , P. Oskin , H. Ozaki , P. Pakhlov , A. Paladino , A. Panta , E. Paoloni , S. Pardi , H. Park , S. -H. Park , B. Paschen , A. Passeri , A. Pathak , S. Patra , S. Paul , T. K. Pedlar , I. Peruzzi , R. Peschke , M. Piccolo , L. E. Piilonen , G. Polat , V. Popov , C. Praz , E. Prencipe , M. T. Prim , M. V. Purohit , N. Rad , P. Rados , R. Rasheed , M. Reif , S. Reiter , M. Remnev , I. Ripp-Baudot , M. Ritter , M. Ritzert , G. Rizzo , S. H. Robertson , D. Rodríguez Pérez , J. M. Roney , C. Rosenfeld , A. Rostomyan , N. Rout , D. Sahoo , Y. Sakai , D. A. Sanders , S. Sandilya , A. Sangal , L. Santelj , Y. Sato , V. Savinov , B. Scavino , C. Schwanda , A. J. Schwartz , R. M. Seddon , Y. Seino , A. Selce , K. Senyo , J. Serrano , M. E. Sevior , C. Sfienti , J. -G. Shiu , A. Sibidanov , F. Simon , R. J. Sobie , A. Soffer , E. Solovieva , S. Spataro , B. Spruck , M. Starič , S. Stefkova , Z. S. Stottler , R. Stroili , J. Strube , M. Sumihama , T. Sumiyoshi , D. J. Summers , W. Sutcliffe , H. Svidras , M. Tabata , M. Takizawa , U. Tamponi , S. Tanaka , K. Tanida , H. Tanigawa , P. Taras , F. Tenchini , D. Tonelli , E. Torassa , K. Trabelsi , M. Uchida , T. Uglov , K. Unger , Y. Unno , S. Uno , P. Urquijo , Y. Ushiroda , S. E. Vahsen , R. van Tonder , G. S. Varner , K. E. Varvell , A. Vinokurova , L. Vitale , E. Waheed , M. Wakai , H. M. Wakeling , C. H. Wang , M. -Z. Wang , X. L. Wang , A. Warburton , M. Watanabe , S. Watanuki , J. Webb , S. Wehle , M. Welsch , C. Wessel , J. Wiechczynski , H. Windel , E. Won , L. J. Wu , X. P. Xu , B. Yabsley , W. Yan , S. B. Yang , H. Ye , M. Yonenaga , C. Z. Yuan , Y. Yusa , L. Zani , Q. D. Zhou , V. I. Zhukova

In light-shining-through-walls experiments, axions and axion-like particles (ALPs) are searched for by exposing an optically thick barrier to a laser beam. In a magnetic field, photons could convert into ALPs in front of the barrier and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-05-12 Vedran Brdar , Dibya S. Chattopadhyay