Photon propagation in a cold axion background with and without magnetic field

A cold relic axion condensate resulting from vacuum misalignment in the early Universe oscillates with a frequency m , where m is the axion mass. We determine the properties of photons propagating in a simplified version of such a background where the sinusoidal variation is replaced by a square wav...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Espriu, D. (Domènec), Renau Cerrillo, Albert
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/131788
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/131788
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Física de partícules
Experiments
Fotons
Particle physics
Photons
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Sumario:A cold relic axion condensate resulting from vacuum misalignment in the early Universe oscillates with a frequency m , where m is the axion mass. We determine the properties of photons propagating in a simplified version of such a background where the sinusoidal variation is replaced by a square wave profile. We prove that previous results, which indicated that charged particles moving fast in such a background radiate (originally derived assuming that all momenta involved were much larger than m ), hold for long wavelengths, too. We also analyze in detail how the introduction of a magnetic field changes the properties of photon propagation in such a medium. We briefly comment on possible astrophysical implications of these results.