Multimessenger Astronomy Beyond the Standard Model: New Window from Quantum Sensors

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Autores principales: Arakawa, Jason, Zaheer, Muhammad H., Takhistov, Volodymyr, Safronova, Marianna S., Eby, Joshua, Cheung, Charles
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Publicado: 2025
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author Arakawa, Jason
Zaheer, Muhammad H.
Takhistov, Volodymyr
Safronova, Marianna S.
Eby, Joshua
Cheung, Charles
author_facet Arakawa, Jason
Zaheer, Muhammad H.
Takhistov, Volodymyr
Safronova, Marianna S.
Eby, Joshua
Cheung, Charles
contents Ultralight bosonic (ULB) fields with mass $m_ϕ \ll 1$~eV often arise in theories beyond the Standard Model (SM). If such fields exist, violent astrophysical events that result in emission of gravitational wave, photon, or neutrino signals could also produce bursts of high-density relativistic ULB fields. Detection of such ULB fields in terrestrial or space-based laboratories correlated with other signals from transient astrophysical events opens a novel avenue for multimessenger astronomy. We show that quantum sensors are particularly well-suited to observe emitted scalar and pseudoscalar axion-like ULB fields coupled to SM. We demonstrate that multimessenger astronomy with ULB fields is possible even when accounting for matter screening effects.
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spellingShingle Multimessenger Astronomy Beyond the Standard Model: New Window from Quantum Sensors
Arakawa, Jason
Zaheer, Muhammad H.
Takhistov, Volodymyr
Safronova, Marianna S.
Eby, Joshua
Cheung, Charles
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Atomic Physics
Ultralight bosonic (ULB) fields with mass $m_ϕ \ll 1$~eV often arise in theories beyond the Standard Model (SM). If such fields exist, violent astrophysical events that result in emission of gravitational wave, photon, or neutrino signals could also produce bursts of high-density relativistic ULB fields. Detection of such ULB fields in terrestrial or space-based laboratories correlated with other signals from transient astrophysical events opens a novel avenue for multimessenger astronomy. We show that quantum sensors are particularly well-suited to observe emitted scalar and pseudoscalar axion-like ULB fields coupled to SM. We demonstrate that multimessenger astronomy with ULB fields is possible even when accounting for matter screening effects.
title Multimessenger Astronomy Beyond the Standard Model: New Window from Quantum Sensors
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Atomic Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.08716