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Ultra-light Dark Matter (ULDM) models are suitable candidates for the cosmological Dark Matter that may leave characteristic imprints in many observables. Among other probes, signatures of ULDM can be searched for in pulsar timing data. In…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-22 Juan Manuel Armaleo , Diana López Nacir , Federico R. Urban

Models of Dark Matter (DM) can leave unique imprints on the Universe's small scale structure by boosting density perturbations on small scales. We study the capability of Pulsar Timing Arrays to search for, and constrain, subhalos from such…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-30 Vincent S. H. Lee , Andrea Mitridate , Tanner Trickle , Kathryn M. Zurek

The polarization of photons emitted by astrophysical sources might be altered as they travel through a dark matter medium composed of ultra light axion-like particles (ALPs). In particular, the coherent oscillations of the ALP background in…

X-ray telescopes are an exceptional tool for searching for new fundamental physics. In particular, X-ray observations have already placed world-leading bounds on the interaction between photons and axion-like particles (ALPs). ALPs are…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-04-11 Francesca Day , Sven Krippendorf

A coherently oscillating ultra-light axion can behave as dark matter. In particular, its coherently oscillating pressure perturbations can source an oscillating scalar metric perturbation, with a characteristic oscillation frequency which…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-02 Jai-chan Hwang , Donghui Jeong , Hyerim Noh , Clemente Smarra

We derive novel constraints on millicharged dark matter and ultralight axion-like particles using pulsar timing and fast radio burst observations. Millicharged dark matter affects the dispersion measure of the time of arrival of radio…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-17 Andrea Caputo , Laura Sberna , Miguel Frias , Diego Blas , Paolo Pani , Lijing Shao , Wenming Yan

Axion-like particles (ALPs) can induce a birefringence effect that rotates the polarization angle of light, offering a probe of ultralight dark matter. We analyze archival near-infrared polarimetric data of the protoplanetary disk (PPD)…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-18 Kanako Narita , Tomohiro Fujita , Ryo Tazaki , Bunyo Hatsukade

Ultralight axion-like particles (ALPs) are well-motivated dark matter candidates introduced by theories beyond the standard model. However, the constraints on the existence of ALPs through existing laboratory experiments are hindered by…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-03-01 Min Jiang , Haowen Su , Antoine Garcon , Xinhua Peng , Dmitry Budker

Ultra-light bosons such as axions or axion-like particles (ALPs), are promising candidates to solve the dark matter problem. A unique way to detect such ALPs is to search for the periodic oscillation feature of the position angles of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-02-22 Guan-Wen Yuan , Ziqing Xia , Chengfeng Tang , Yaqi Zhao , Yi-Fu Cai , Yifan Chen , Jing Shu , Qiang Yuan

Axion-like particles (ALPs) are hypothetical pseudoscalar bosons that arise in many extensions of the Standard Model and are well-motivated dark matter candidates. Nearby massive stars in the late stages of stellar evolution provide a…

Metric perturbations induced by ultralight dark matter (ULDM) fields have long been identified as a potential target for pulsar timing array (PTA) observations. Previous works have focused on the coherent oscillation of metric perturbations…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-12-20 Hyungjin Kim , Andrea Mitridate

We report on a search for dark matter axion-like particles (ALPs) using a Ramsey-type apparatus for cold neutrons. A hypothetical ALP-gluon-coupling would manifest in a neutron electric dipole moment signal oscillating in time. Twenty-four…

Ultralight dark matter (ULDM) model is a leading dark matter candidate that arises naturally in extensions of the Standard Model. In the Galactic Center, ULDM manifests as dense hydrogen-like boson clouds or self-gravitating soliton cores.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-28 Jiang-Chuan Yu , Yan Cao , Zexin Hu , Lijing Shao

Millisecond pulsars are extremely stable natural timekeepers. Pulsar Timing Array experiments, tracking subtle changes in the pulsars' rotation periods, can shed light on the presence of ultralight particles in our Galaxy. In this…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-02-05 Clemente Smarra

In the past few years, the search for axion-like particles (ALPs) has grown significantly due to their potential to account for the total abundance of the cold dark matter (CDM) in the universe. The coupling between ALPs and photons allows…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-09 Ahmed Ayad , Geoff Beck

Models that produce Axion-Like-Particles (ALP) after cosmological inflation due to spontaneous $U(1)$ symmetry breaking also produce cosmic string networks. Those axionic strings lose energy through gravitational wave emission during the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-12-21 Géraldine Servant , Peera Simakachorn

Pulsar timing arrays (PTAs) are sensitive to oscillations in the gravitational potential along the line-of-sight due to ultralight particle pressure. We calculate the probing power of PTAs for ultralight bosons across all frequencies, from…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-12 Caner Unal , Federico R. Urban , Ely D. Kovetz

Extensions of the Standard Model of particles commonly predict the existence of axion(-like) particles (ALPs) that could be detected through their coupling to photons in external magnetic fields. This coupling could lead to modifications of…

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