Searching for a dark matter induced galactic axion gradient

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Auteurs principaux: Hardy, Edward, Reig, Mario, Smirnov, Juri
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author Hardy, Edward
Reig, Mario
Smirnov, Juri
author_facet Hardy, Edward
Reig, Mario
Smirnov, Juri
contents An ultra-light axion with CP violating interactions with a dark sector and CP preserving interactions with the visible sector can act as a novel portal between dark matter and the Standard Model. In such theories, dark matter sources an axion field extending over the entire galaxy, the gradient of which can be searched for with precise spin precession experiments. A reinterpretation of existing co-magnetometer data already constrains theories that are consistent with astrophysical bounds, and near-future experiments will begin probing well-motivated models. The required interactions can arise from a confining hidden sector without necessitating fine-tuning of the axion's mass.
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spellingShingle Searching for a dark matter induced galactic axion gradient
Hardy, Edward
Reig, Mario
Smirnov, Juri
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
An ultra-light axion with CP violating interactions with a dark sector and CP preserving interactions with the visible sector can act as a novel portal between dark matter and the Standard Model. In such theories, dark matter sources an axion field extending over the entire galaxy, the gradient of which can be searched for with precise spin precession experiments. A reinterpretation of existing co-magnetometer data already constrains theories that are consistent with astrophysical bounds, and near-future experiments will begin probing well-motivated models. The required interactions can arise from a confining hidden sector without necessitating fine-tuning of the axion's mass.
title Searching for a dark matter induced galactic axion gradient
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.02555