Journal Club

Seminar Room

Tuesday 9th of May, 2023

Hour: 10:00

Title: New solar X-ray constraints on keV Axion-Like Particles

Presented by: Mar Bastero Gil

Ref: https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.06968v2

Abstract:

The decay of Axion-Like Particles (ALPs) trapped in the solar gravitational field would contribute to the observed solar X-ray flux, hence constraining ALP models. We improve by one order of magnitude the existing limits in the parameter space $(g_{a\gamma\gamma}, m)$ by considering ALPs production via photon coalescence. For $g_{ae} \neq 0$, we demonstrate that trapped ALPs can be Compton-absorbed while crossing the Sun, resulting in two regimes in the exclusion limits, with a transition triggered by $g_{ae}$. Out of the transitional region, the solar X-ray constraints on ALPs are exclusively governed by $g_{a\gamma\gamma}$.