Effective ALP-Photon Coupling in External Magnetic Fields

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Main Author: Semin, Ozan
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contents We presented a complete calculation of the one-loop fermionic correction to the effective coupling between axion-like particles (ALPs) and photons within a constant, homogeneous magnetic field of arbitrary strength. This interaction, responsible for the Primakoff effect, is central to detecting axion-like particles in astrophysical settings and terrestrial experiments like helioscopes and haloscopes. Accurately predicting the interaction rate requires accounting for quantum corrections. Our work tackles this by employing magnetically field-dressed fermion propagators derived using Schwinger's proper time method and a systematic Lorentz decomposition using the Ritus basis. We evaluate the triangle loop diagram exactly, and compare it to approximations on field strength under specific assumptions.
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spellingShingle Effective ALP-Photon Coupling in External Magnetic Fields
Semin, Ozan
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
We presented a complete calculation of the one-loop fermionic correction to the effective coupling between axion-like particles (ALPs) and photons within a constant, homogeneous magnetic field of arbitrary strength. This interaction, responsible for the Primakoff effect, is central to detecting axion-like particles in astrophysical settings and terrestrial experiments like helioscopes and haloscopes. Accurately predicting the interaction rate requires accounting for quantum corrections. Our work tackles this by employing magnetically field-dressed fermion propagators derived using Schwinger's proper time method and a systematic Lorentz decomposition using the Ritus basis. We evaluate the triangle loop diagram exactly, and compare it to approximations on field strength under specific assumptions.
title Effective ALP-Photon Coupling in External Magnetic Fields
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.05247