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Axion stars could form binaries with neutron stars. Given the extremely strong external magnetic field exhibited by individual neutron stars, there can be a substantial conversion of axions to photons in these binaries. The photon emission…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-02-23 Chris Kouvaris , Tao Liu , Kun-Feng Lyu

We investigate the prospect of an alternative laboratory-based search for the coupling of axions and axion-like particles to photons. Here, the collision of two laser beams resonantly produces axions, and a signal photon is detected after…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-05-18 K. A. Beyer , G. Marocco , R. Bingham , G. Gregori

The origin of magnetic fields in the Universe is an open problem. Seed magnetic fields possibly produced in early times may have survived up to the present day close to their original form, providing an untapped window to the primeval…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-07-01 A. Saveliev , R. Alves Batista

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

Ultralight axion or axionlike particles are one of the most promising candidates for dark matter because they are a well-motivated solution for the theoretical strong $CP$ problem and observational issues on small scales, i.e. the core-cusp…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-09 Ran Gao , Zhengxiang Li , Kai Liao , He Gao , Bing Zhang , Zong-Hong Zhu

Magnetar Giant Flares (MGFs) are the most energetic non-catastrophic transients known to originate from stellar objects. The first discovered events were nearby. In recent years, several extragalactic events have been identified, implying…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-14 Paz Beniamini , Zorawar Wadiasingh , Aaron Trigg , Cecilia Chirenti , Eric Burns , George Younes , Michela Negro , Jonathan Granot

The reported anomalous global 21-cm signal $(T_{21})$ from the cosmic dawn era by Experiment to Detect the Global Epoch of Reionisation Signature (EDGES) could hint towards new physics beyond the standard model. The resonant conversion of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-14 Pravin Kumar Natwariya , Vivekanand Mohapatra , Hriditi Howlader

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

We point out that stars in the mass window ~ 8-12 Msun can serve as sensitive probes of the axion-photon interaction, g_{A\gamma\gamma}. Specifically, for these stars axion energy losses from the helium-burning core would shorten and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-02-28 Alexander Friedland , Maurizio Giannotti , Michael Wise

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

We consider the early binary neutron star inspiral phase as a scenario to probe environmental axion--photon resonant conversion. For this we approximately model the merger site electromagnetic fields as the superposition of two rotating…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-18 D. Suárez-Fontanella , M. Ángeles Pérez-García , C. Albertus

Axions are a promising dark matter candidate that were motivated to solve the strong CP problem and that may also address the cosmological matter-antimatter asymmetry. Axion-photon conversion is possible in the presence of the strong…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-26 Jeremy Darling

Axions produced copiously in core-collapse supernovae can convert into photons as they propagate through various astrophysical magnetic fields. The cumulative emission from the cosmic population of supernovae can therefore generate a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-04-21 Brijesh Kanodia , Debajit Bose , Subhadip Bouri , Ranjan Laha

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

Axion dark matter can be converted into photons in the magnetospheres of neutron stars leading to a spectral line centred on the Compton wavelength of the axion. Due to the rotation of the star and the plasma effects in the magnetosphere…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-29 R. A. Battye , M. J. Keith , J. I. McDonald , S. Srinivasan , B. W. Stappers , P. Weltevrede

Axion-like particles (ALPs) provide a compelling avenue for exploring physics beyond the Standard Model. In astrophysical magnetized plasmas an ALP-photon coupling $g_{a\gamma}$ induces energy-dependent oscillations in the photon survival…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-30 Yu Zhou , Jiejia Liu , Volodymyr Takhistov , Kazuhisa Mitsuda

The effect of a magnetized plasma on the resonant photoproduction of axions on the electromagnetic multipole components of the medium, $i \to f+a$, has been considered. It has been shown that the axion resonant emissivity, due to various…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-09-30 N. V. Mikheev , D. A. Rumyantsev , Yu. E. Shkol'nikova

Axion dark matter can resonantly convert to photons in the magnetosphere of neutron stars, possibly giving rise to radio signals observable on Earth. This method for the indirect detection of axion dark matter has recently received…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-11-11 Alexander J. Millar , Sebastian Baum , Matthew Lawson , M. C. David Marsh

Neutron stars provide ideal astrophysical laboratories for probing new physics beyond the Standard Model. If axions exist, photons can develop linear polarization during photon-axion conversion in the magnetic field of a neutron star. We…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-02-12 Ningqiang Song , Liangliang Su , Lei Wu

Astrophysics plays a pivotal role in the quest for axions and axion-like particles, offering guidance to experimental efforts and enabling the investigation of axion properties that cannot be probed otherwise. In this context, the extreme…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-04-24 Alessandro Lella