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Radio signatures from encounters between neutron stars and QCD-axion minihalos around primordial black holes (2021)
Nurmi, S., Schiappacasse, E. D., & Yanagida, T. T. (2021). Radio signatures from encounters between neutron stars and QCD-axion minihalos around primordial black holes. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2021(9), Article 004. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2021/09/004
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Julkaisun tiedot
Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: Nurmi, Sami; Schiappacasse, Enrico D.; Yanagida, Tsutomu T.
Lehti tai sarja: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
eISSN: 1475-7516
Julkaisuvuosi: 2021
Ilmestymispäivä: 01.09.2021
Volyymi: 2021
Lehden numero: 9
Artikkelinumero: 004
Kustantaja: IOP Publishing
Julkaisumaa: Britannia
Julkaisun kieli: englanti
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2021/09/004
Julkaisun avoin saatavuus: Ei avoin
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Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/78326
Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu: https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.05680
Tiivistelmä
Probing the QCD axion dark matter (DM) hypothesis is extremely challenging as the axion interacts very weakly with Standard Model particles. We propose a new avenue to test the QCD axion DM via transient radio signatures coming from encounters between neutron stars (NSs) and axion minihalos around primordial black holes (PBHs). We consider a general QCD axion scenario in which the PQ symmetry breaking occurs before (or during) inflation coexisting with a small fraction of DM in the form of PBHs. The PBHs will unavoidably acquire around them axion minihalos with the typical length scale of parsecs. The axion density in the minihalos may be much higher than the local DM density, and the presence of these compact objects in the Milky Way today provides a novel chance for testing the axion DM hypothesis. We study the evolution of the minihalo mass distribution in the Galaxy accounting for tidal forces and estimate the encounter rate between NSs and the dressed PBHs. We find that the encounters give rise to transient line-like emission of radio frequency photons produced by the resonant axion-photon conversion in the NS magnetosphere and the characteristic signal could be detectable with the sensitivity of current and prospective radio telescopes. It would be important to investigate in detail search strategies for such signals which would provide a novel pathway for QCD axion detection.
YSO-asiasanat: kosmologia; pimeä aine; radioaallot; neutronitähdet; mustat aukot
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