Constraining meV Axion Dark Matter with ALMA Observations of the Galactic Center Magnetar SGR 1745-2900

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Main Authors: De Miguel, Javier, Hatziminaoglou, Evanthia, Poidevin, Frédéric, Rea, Nanda, Walker, Daniel L., De Grandis, Davide, Prieto-Polo, Jaime
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author De Miguel, Javier
Hatziminaoglou, Evanthia
Poidevin, Frédéric
Rea, Nanda
Walker, Daniel L.
De Grandis, Davide
Prieto-Polo, Jaime
author_facet De Miguel, Javier
Hatziminaoglou, Evanthia
Poidevin, Frédéric
Rea, Nanda
Walker, Daniel L.
De Grandis, Davide
Prieto-Polo, Jaime
contents We report a mm-wave search for axion dark matter from SGR 1745-2900, based on 4.8 h of ALMA observations. No candidate features are found between 133.99-135.78, 135.91-137.70, 145.99-147.78, and 147.99-149.78~GHz, corresponding to 0.55-0.62 meV. Interpreting this null result within a state-of-the-art stellar framework, we derive sensitivity to the axion-photon coupling at the level of $g_γ\gtrsim 2\times10^{-11}$ GeV$^{-1}$ under a standard Navarro-Frenk-White profile; down to $g_γ\gtrsim 2\times10^{-13}$ GeV$^{-1}$ upon accounting for a dense dark-matter spike around Sagittarius A*, probing the quantum chromodynamics axion parameter space.
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spellingShingle Constraining meV Axion Dark Matter with ALMA Observations of the Galactic Center Magnetar SGR 1745-2900
De Miguel, Javier
Hatziminaoglou, Evanthia
Poidevin, Frédéric
Rea, Nanda
Walker, Daniel L.
De Grandis, Davide
Prieto-Polo, Jaime
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Experiment
We report a mm-wave search for axion dark matter from SGR 1745-2900, based on 4.8 h of ALMA observations. No candidate features are found between 133.99-135.78, 135.91-137.70, 145.99-147.78, and 147.99-149.78~GHz, corresponding to 0.55-0.62 meV. Interpreting this null result within a state-of-the-art stellar framework, we derive sensitivity to the axion-photon coupling at the level of $g_γ\gtrsim 2\times10^{-11}$ GeV$^{-1}$ under a standard Navarro-Frenk-White profile; down to $g_γ\gtrsim 2\times10^{-13}$ GeV$^{-1}$ upon accounting for a dense dark-matter spike around Sagittarius A*, probing the quantum chromodynamics axion parameter space.
title Constraining meV Axion Dark Matter with ALMA Observations of the Galactic Center Magnetar SGR 1745-2900
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.06441