Cosmic infrared background excess from axionlike particles and implications for multimessenger observations of blazars

Kalashev, Oleg E.; Kusenko, Alexander; Vitagliano, Edoardo

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.99.023002

Title: Cosmic infrared background excess from axionlike particles and implications for multimessenger observations of blazars

Journal Article · 01 January 2019 · Physical Review. D.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.99.023002 · OSTI ID:1489304

Kalashev, Oleg E.; Kusenko, Alexander; Vitagliano, Edoardo

The first measurement of the diffuse background spectrum at 0.8-1.7 μm from the CIBER experiment has revealed a significant excess of the cosmic infrared background (CIB) radiation compared to the theoretically expected spectrum. We revisit the hypothesis that decays of axionlike particle (ALP) can explain this excess, extending previous analyses to the case of a warm relic population. We show that such a scenario is not excluded by anisotropy measurements nor by stellar cooling arguments. Moreover, we find that the increased extragalactic background light (EBL) does not contradict observations of blazar spectra. Furthermore, the increased EBL attenuates the diffuse TeV gamma-ray flux and alleviates the tension between the detected neutrino and gamma ray fluxes.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0009937

OSTI ID:: 1489304

Journal Information:: Physical Review. D., Journal Name: Physical Review. D. Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 99; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 2470-0010

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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