| Autor: |
Xiao, Mengjiao, Carenza, Pierluca, Giannotti, Maurizio, Mirizzi, Alessandro, Perez, Kerstin M., Straniero, Oscar, Grefenstette, Brian W. |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Phys. Rev. D. 106, 123019 (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
Working Paper |
| DOI: |
10.1103/PhysRevD.106.123019 |
| Popis: |
Axion-like particles (ALPs) can be produced by thermal processes in a stellar interior, escape from the star and, if sufficiently light, be converted into photons in the external Galactic magnetic field. Such a process could produce a detectable hard X-ray excess in the direction of the star. In this scenario, a promising class of targets is the red supergiants, massive stars which are experiencing the late part of their evolution. We report on a search for ALP-induced X-ray emission from Betelgeuse, produced via the combined processes of Bremsstrahlung, Compton and Primakoff. Using a 50 ks observation of Betelgeuse by the \emph{NuSTAR} satellite telescope, we set 95\% C.L. upper limits on the ALP-electron ($g_{ae}$) and ALP-photon ($g_{a\gamma}$) couplings. For masses ${m_{a}\leq(3.5-5.5)\times10^{-11}}$ eV, we find $g_{a\gamma} \times g_{ae}< (0.4-2.8)\times10^{-24}$ GeV$^{-1}$ (depending on the stellar model and assuming a value of the regular Galactic magnetic field in the direction transverse to Betelgeuse of $B_T$=1.4 $\mu$G). This corresponds to ${g_{ae}<(0.4-2.8) \times10^{-12}}$ for ${g_{a\gamma}>1.0\times10^{-12}}$ GeV$^{-1}$. This analysis supercedes by over an order of magnitude the limit on $g_{ae} \times g_{a\gamma}$ placed by the CAST solar axion experiment and is among the strongest constraints on these couplings. |
| Databáze: |
arXiv |
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