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Galaxy Clusters as Tele-ALP-scopes

<!--HTML-->Axion-like particles have good theoretical motivation and are characterized by conversion to photons in astrophysical magnetic fields. Galaxy clusters are the most efficient convertors of axion-like particles to photons in the universe. I discuss the physics and phenomenology of ALP...

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Autor principal: Conlon, Joseph
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2015
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Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/2017395
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description <!--HTML-->Axion-like particles have good theoretical motivation and are characterized by conversion to photons in astrophysical magnetic fields. Galaxy clusters are the most efficient convertors of axion-like particles to photons in the universe. I discuss the physics and phenomenology of ALPs, and describe their astrophysical implications, with particular reference to the recently observed 3.5 keV X-ray line that is a candidate for a dark matter decay line. I discuss interpretations of this line in terms of dark matter decaying to an axion-like particle, that then converts to a photon in cluster magnetic fields, and describe the compatibility of this scenario with data and the different phenomenology for cool-core and non-cool-core clusters.
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spelling cern-20173952022-11-02T22:35:14Zhttp://cds.cern.ch/record/2017395engConlon, JosephGalaxy Clusters as Tele-ALP-scopesGalaxy Clusters as Tele-ALP-scopesTH Theoretical Seminar<!--HTML-->Axion-like particles have good theoretical motivation and are characterized by conversion to photons in astrophysical magnetic fields. Galaxy clusters are the most efficient convertors of axion-like particles to photons in the universe. I discuss the physics and phenomenology of ALPs, and describe their astrophysical implications, with particular reference to the recently observed 3.5 keV X-ray line that is a candidate for a dark matter decay line. I discuss interpretations of this line in terms of dark matter decaying to an axion-like particle, that then converts to a photon in cluster magnetic fields, and describe the compatibility of this scenario with data and the different phenomenology for cool-core and non-cool-core clusters.oai:cds.cern.ch:20173952015
spellingShingle TH Theoretical Seminar
Conlon, Joseph
Galaxy Clusters as Tele-ALP-scopes
title Galaxy Clusters as Tele-ALP-scopes
title_full Galaxy Clusters as Tele-ALP-scopes
title_fullStr Galaxy Clusters as Tele-ALP-scopes
title_full_unstemmed Galaxy Clusters as Tele-ALP-scopes
title_short Galaxy Clusters as Tele-ALP-scopes
title_sort galaxy clusters as tele-alp-scopes
topic TH Theoretical Seminar
url http://cds.cern.ch/record/2017395
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