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Axion-like particles (ALPs), predicted in theories beyond the Standard Model, can have observational effects on the transparency of the Universe to $\gamma$ rays in the presence of magnetic fields. In this work, we search for effects…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-10-30 Rolf Buehler , Galo Gallardo , Gernot Maier , Alberto Domínguez , Marcos López , Manuel Meyer

We observe that it is very usefull to introduce a complex field for the axion photon system in an external magnetic field, when for example considered with the geometry of the experiments exploring axion photon mixing, where the real part…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-11-27 E. I. Guendelman

Axion-like particles (ALPs) are hypothetical entities often invoked to solve various problems in particle physics to cosmology. They are one of the most promising candidates to explain the elusive dark matter. A way to search for ALPs is…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-08-29 Rafael Alves Batista , Cristina Viviente , Gaetano Di Marco , Miguel A. Sánchez-Conde

The Sun is a well-studied astrophysical source of axion-like particles (ALPs), produced mainly through the Primakoff process. Moreover, in the Sun there exist large-scale magnetic fields that catalyze an additional ALP production via a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-01-01 Ersilia Guarini , Pierluca Carenza , Javier Galan , Maurizio Giannotti , Alessandro Mirizzi

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

In this paper we outline an experiment to detect the conversion of photons to axion-like particles (ALPs) in a strong magnetic field. We show that by modulating the polarization of the light passing through a Fabry-Perot cavity so that it…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-04-13 Richard Creswick , Frank T. Avignone

Axion-like particles (ALPs) can couple to photons in strong magnetic fields, producing characteristic fluctuations in X-ray spectra. Using data from NASA's Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER), we analyzed three pulsars: PSR…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-10 Yen-Jhen Liu , Yi Yang

We explore the axion-like particle (ALP)-photon oscillation effect in the $\gamma$-ray spectra of the blazars Markarian 421 (Mrk 421) and PG 1553+113, which are measured by the Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Cherenkov Telescopes (MAGIC)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-08-17 Hai-Jun Li , Xiao-Jun Bi , Peng-Fei Yin

We investigate how the photon polarization is affected by the interaction with axion-like particles (ALPs) in the rotating magnetic field of a neutron star (NS). Using quantum Boltzmann equations the study demonstrates that the periodic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-04-26 Mohammad Sharifian , Moslem Zarei , Sabino Matarrese , Roberto Turolla

We propose in this work the study of the production of axions in stellar plasma medium through an external magnetic field. In the background field approximation, we can show that the presence of the external magnetic field induces a mixing…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-06-23 Bernard Teles de Menezes

A consistent treatment of the quantum field theory of an axion-like particle (ALP) interacting with Standard Model fields requires to account for renormalisation group running and matching to the low-energy theory. Quantum sensor…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-05-15 Martin Bauer , Sreemanti Chakraborti , Guillaume Rostagni

Axion-like particles (ALPs) emerge in many extensions of the Standard Model as pseudo-Goldstone bosons of a spontaneously broken global symmetry. Understanding their phenomenology in high-energy collisions is crucial for optimizing…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-04-04 Giovani Dalla Valle Garcia , Felix Kahlhoefer , Maksym Ovchynnikov , Andrii Zaporozhchenko

We consider an axion-like particle (ALP) coupled to Standard Model (SM) fermions as a mediator between the SM and a fermionic dark matter (DM) particle. We explore the case where the ALP-SM and/or the ALP-DM couplings are too small to allow…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-01-08 A. Bharucha , F. Brümmer , N. Desai , S. Mutzel

Axion-like particles (ALP) are promising candidates to comprise all the dark matter in the universe. We investigate the ALP couplings to photons and electrons via astrophysical measurements through the search for very-high-energy gamma rays…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-23 Victor P. Goncalves , Emmanuel Moulin , Igor Reis , Aion Viana

We propose an experimental scheme for detecting the effects of off-shell axion-like particles (ALPs) through optical cavities. In this proposed experiment, linearly polarized photons are pumped into an optical cavity where an external…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-04-14 Mohammad Sharifian , Moslem Zarei , Mehdi Abdi , Marco Peloso , Sabino Matarrese

Coupling of axion-like particles (ALPs) to photons in the presence of background magnetic field affects propagation of gamma-rays through magnetized environments. This results in modification in the gamma-ray spectra of sources in or behind…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-05-14 D. Malyshev , A. Neronov , D. Semikoz , A. Santangelo , J. Jochum

Large-scale extragalactic magnetic fields may induce conversions between very-high-energy photons and axionlike particles (ALPs), thereby shielding the photons from absorption on the extragalactic background light. However, in simplified…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-09-07 Daniele Montanino , Franco Vazza , Alessandro Mirizzi , Matteo Viel

Many extensions of the Standard Model of particle physics and in particular superstring and superbrane theories predict the existence of axion-like particles (ALPs). ALPs are very elusive, extremely light and interact primarily with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-05-18 Giorgio Galanti , Marco Roncadelli , Fabrizio Tavecchio , Enrico Costa

We examine the resonant conversion of axion-like particle (ALP) or dark photon to the electromagnetic photon in the early Universe, which takes place due to the ALP-photon-dark photon oscillations in background dark photon gauge fields. It…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-10-28 Kiwoon Choi , Hyeonseok Seong , Seokhoon Yun

Reactor neutrino experiments provide a rich environment for the study of axionlike particles (ALPs). Using the intense photon flux produced in the nuclear reactor core, these experiments have the potential to probe ALPs with masses below 10…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-11-05 D. Aristizabal Sierra , V. De Romeri , L. J. Flores , D. K. Papoulias