Probing axions with neutron star inspirals and other stellar processes

Hook, Anson; Huang, Junwu

doi:10.1007/jhep06(2018)036

Title: Probing axions with neutron star inspirals and other stellar processes

Journal Article · 06 June 2018 · Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep06(2018)036 · OSTI ID:1499142

Hook, Anson ^[1]; Huang, Junwu ^[2]

Stanford Univ., CA (United States); Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States); Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
Stanford Univ., CA (United States); Perimenter Inst. for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, ON (Canada)

In certain models of a QCD axion, finite density corrections to the axion potential can result in the axion being sourced by large dense objects. There are a variety of ways to test this phenomenon, but perhaps the most surprising effect is that the axion can mediate forces between neutron stars that can be as strong as gravity. These forces can be attractive or repulsive and their presence can be detected by Advanced LIGO observations of neutron star inspirals. By a numerical coincidence, axion forces between neutron stars with gravitational strength naturally have an associated length scale of tens of kilometers or longer, similar to that of a neutron star. Future observations of neutron star mergers in Advanced LIGO can probe many orders of magnitude of axion parameter space. Because the axion is only sourced by large dense objects, the axion force evades fifth force constraints. We also outline several other ways to probe this phenomenon using electromagnetic signals associated with compact objects.

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Research Organization:: Stanford Univ., CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012012

OSTI ID:: 1499142

Journal Information:: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online), Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online) Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 2018; ISSN 1029-8479

Publisher:: Springer BerlinCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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