Pulsar Timing Array Signature from Oscillating Metric Perturbations due to Ultra-light Axion
| Autor: | Hwang, Jai-chan, Jeong, Donghui, Noh, Hyerim, Smarra, Clemente |
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| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
| Popis: | A coherently oscillating ultra-light axion can behave as dark matter. In particular, its coherently oscillating pressure perturbations can source an oscillating scalar metric perturbation, with a characteristic oscillation frequency which is twice the axion Compton frequency. A candidate in the mass range $10^{(-24,-21)}{\rm eV}$ can provide a signal in the frequency range tested by current and future Pulsar Timing Array (PTA) programs. Involving the pressure perturbations in a highly nonlinear environment, such an analysis demands a relativistic and nonlinear treatment. Here, we provide a rigorous derivation of the effect assuming weak gravity and slow-motion limit of Einstein's gravity in zero-shear gauge and show that dark matter's velocity potential determines the oscillation phase and frequency change. A monochromatic PTA signal correlated with the velocity field would confirm the prediction, for example, by cross-correlating the PTA results with the future local velocity flow measurements. Comment: 8 pages, no figure |
| Databáze: | arXiv |
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