Searching for axions with time resolved pulsar polarimetry
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| author | Chadha-Day, Francesca Poddar, Tanmay Kumar |
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| contents | Pulsars possess strong dipole magnetic fields that can source axion fields through the axion-photon interaction. Pulsars may therefore be surrounded by axion field configurations oscillating with the pulsar's rotational period. These axions could be detected by observing their effect on the polarization of the pular's emission. In this paper, we use time resolved observations of the optical polarization of the Crab pulsar to place bounds on the axion-photon coupling, demonstrating the potential of time resolved pulsar birefringence in the search for axions. |
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| spellingShingle | Searching for axions with time resolved pulsar polarimetry Chadha-Day, Francesca Poddar, Tanmay Kumar High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics Pulsars possess strong dipole magnetic fields that can source axion fields through the axion-photon interaction. Pulsars may therefore be surrounded by axion field configurations oscillating with the pulsar's rotational period. These axions could be detected by observing their effect on the polarization of the pular's emission. In this paper, we use time resolved observations of the optical polarization of the Crab pulsar to place bounds on the axion-photon coupling, demonstrating the potential of time resolved pulsar birefringence in the search for axions. |
| title | Searching for axions with time resolved pulsar polarimetry |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.10189 |