Electromagnetic Polarization Effects due to Axion Photon Mixing

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2002-06-05

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0206046v2

Phys.Rev. D66 (2002) 085007

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

18 pages, 1 figure

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.66.085007

We investigate the effect of axions on the polarization of electromagnetic waves as they propagate through astronomical distances. We analyze the change in the dispersion of the electromagnetic wave due to its mixing with axions. We find that this leads to a shift in polarization and turns out to be the dominant effect for a wide range of frequencies. We analyze whether this effect or the decay of photons into axions can explain the large scale anisotropies which have been observed in the polarizations of quasars and radio galaxies. We also comment on the possibility that the axion-photon mixing can explain the dimming of distant supernovae.

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