Destabilizing Matter through a Long-Range Force

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Autore principale: Davoudiasl, Hooman
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contents We consider a long-range force, mediated by an ultralight scalar, which can give rise to violation of baryon number. This would lead to very different lifetimes for nucleons in different astrophysical environments. Possible signals of this scenario include a flux of O(10 MeV) solar neutrinos or anomalous heating of old neutron stars; we find the latter to yield the strongest current bounds, which could be improved in the coming years. The ultralight scalar employed here can potentially be a good dark matter candidate.
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spellingShingle Destabilizing Matter through a Long-Range Force
Davoudiasl, Hooman
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
We consider a long-range force, mediated by an ultralight scalar, which can give rise to violation of baryon number. This would lead to very different lifetimes for nucleons in different astrophysical environments. Possible signals of this scenario include a flux of O(10 MeV) solar neutrinos or anomalous heating of old neutron stars; we find the latter to yield the strongest current bounds, which could be improved in the coming years. The ultralight scalar employed here can potentially be a good dark matter candidate.
title Destabilizing Matter through a Long-Range Force
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.13198