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The axion particle is the outcome of the proposed Peccei-Quinn mechanism for solving the strong CP problem. Axion is also a popular dark matter candidate. Thus there is an increased interest in establishing its existence. Axions couple to…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-04-06 A. Nicolaidis

We investigate axion-like particles coupled to gravity through a parity-violating Chern-Simons (CS) interaction. In this framework, axion dark matter (DM) can decay into pairs of circularly polarized gravitons, producing a persistent,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-15 Marco Figliolia , Francesco Grippa , Gaetano Lambiase , Luca Visinelli

Ultra-light axions have sparked attention because their tiny mass $m\sim 10^{-22}$ eV, which leads to a Kiloparsec-scale de Broglie wavelength comparable to the size of dwarf galaxy, could alleviate the so-called small-scale crisis of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-31 Vincent Desjacques , Alex Kehagias , Antonio Riotto

An axion rotating in field space can produce dark photons in the early universe via tachyonic instability. This explosive particle production creates a background of stochastic gravitational waves that may be visible at pulsar timing arrays…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-01-05 Raymond T. Co , Keisuke Harigaya , Aaron Pierce

Dark matter Axion search with riNg Cavity Experiment (DANCE) was proposed. To search for axion-like particles, we aim to detect the rotation and oscillation of optical linear polarization caused by axion-photon coupling with a bow-tie…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-05-18 Yuka Oshima , Hiroki Fujimoto , Masaki Ando , Tomohiro Fujita , Yuta Michimura , Koji Nagano , Ippei Obata , Taihei Watanabe

The axion, which has yet to be discovered, is a promising candidate for dark matter that emerges from Peccei-Quinn theory. This article presents the search for axion dark matter with the "Student Project for an Axion Cavity Experiment"…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-10-29 M. A. Akgümüs , N. Salama , J. Egge , E. Garutti , M. Maroudas , L. H. Nguyen , D. Leppla-Weber

It is demonstrated that detection of putative particles such as paraphotons and axions constituting the dark sector of the universe can be reduced to detection of extremely weak links or couplings between cavities and modes. This method…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-01-09 Maxim Goryachev , Ben McAllister , Michael E. Tobar

The usual multipolar Hamiltonian for atom-light interaction features a non-relativistic moving atom interacting with electromagnetic fields which inherently follow Lorentzian symmetry. This combination can lead to situations where atoms…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2018-10-05 Matthias Sonnleitner , Stephen M. Barnett

A well-motivated class of dark matter candidates, including axions and dark photons, takes the form of coherent oscillations of a light bosonic field. If the dark matter couples to Standard Model states, it may be possible to detect it via…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-08-08 Masha Baryakhtar , Junwu Huang , Robert Lasenby

The axion is a hypothetical elementary particle and a cold dark matter candidate. It could dominate potential wells of most astrophysical objects. Axions spontaneously decay into nearly monochromatic microwave photons. We present results…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 B. D. Blout , E. J. Daw , M. P. Decowski , Paul T. P. Ho , L. J Rosenberg , D. B. Yu

The Gertsenshtein effect could in principle be used to detect a single graviton by firing it through a region filled with a constant magnetic field that enables its conversion to a photon, which can be efficiently detected via standard…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-10-11 Andrea Palessandro

The propagation of a probe electromagnetic field through a counterpropagating strong plane wave is investigated. The effects of the electromagnetic field-(pseudo)scalar axion field interaction and of the self-interaction of the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-11-19 Selym Villalba-Chávez , Antonino Di Piazza

The light pseudoscalar particle, dubbed the axion, borne out of the Peccei-Quinn solution to the strong CP problem in QCD remains elusive. One avenue of inferring its existence is through its coupling to electromagnetic radiation. So far,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 Ramandeep Gill , Jeremy S. Heyl

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

We study the photon statistics of a cavity linearly coupled to an optomechanical system via second order correlation functions. Our calculations show that the cavity can exhibit strong photon antibunching even when optomechanical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-04-22 Xun-Wei Xu , Yuan-Jie Li

A ring-laser experiment, similar to the Canterbury ring laser, to detect axion- and {\sc qed}-induced vacuum birefringence is proposed. It uses a slowly modulated magnetic field and a novel polarization geometry. Both axion coupling and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-09-01 L. Cooper , G. E. Stedman

The axion has emerged as the most attractive solution to two fundamental questions in modern physics related to the charge-parity invariance in strong interactions and the invisible matter component of our universe. Over the past decade,…

We report on new results of a search for two-photon interaction with axionlike particles (ALPs). The experiment was carried out at a synchrotron radiation facility using a "light shining through a wall (LSW)" technique. For this purpose, we…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-02-21 T. Inada , T. Yamazaki , T. Namba , S. Asai , T. Kobayashi , K. Tamasaku , Y. Tanaka , Y. Inubushi , K. Sawada , M. Yabashi , T. Ishikawa , A. Matsuo , K. Kawaguchi , K. Kindo , H. Nojiri

Photons propagating in an external magnetic field may oscillate into axions or axion-like particles (ALPs). Such oscillations will lead to characteristic features in the energy spectrum of high-energy photons from astrophysical sources that…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-01-26 M. Kachelriess , J. Tjemsland

The effects of the electron-phonon interaction on optical excitations can be understood in terms of exciton-phonon coupling, and require a careful treatment in low-dimensional materials with strongly bound excitons or strong electron-hole…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-02-17 Gabriel Antonius , Steven G. Louie