Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-09-28
Phys.Rev.D74:123003,2006
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
12 pages, 11 figures. Minor changes. PRD accepted
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.74.123003
Recent experiments suggest that polarized photons may couple significantly to pseudoscalar particles such as axions. We study the possible observational signatures of axion-photon coupling for radiation from magnetic stars, with particular focus on neutron stars. We present general methods for calculating the axion-photon conversion probability during propagation through a varying magnetized vacuum as well as across an inhomogeneous atmosphere. Partial axion-photon conversion may take place in the vacuum region outside the neutron star. Strong axion-photon mixing occurs due to a resonance in the atmosphere, and depending on the axion coupling strength and other parameters, significant axion-photon conversion can take place at the resonance. Such conversions may produce observable effects on the radiation spectra and polarization signals from the star. We also apply our results to axion-photon propagation in the Sun and in magnetic white dwarfs. We find that there is no appreciable conversion of solar axions to photons during the propagation.
Heyl Jeremy
Lai Dong
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