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Galaxy Cluster Thermal X-Ray Spectra Constrain Axion-Like Particles

Conlon, Joseph P., Marsh, M. C. David, Powell, Andrew J.

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Axion-like particles (ALPs) and photons inter-convert in the presence of a magnetic field.

At keV energies in the environment of galaxy clusters, the conversion probability can become unsuppressed for light ALPs.
Conversion of thermal X-ray photons into ALPs can introduce a step-like feature into the cluster thermal bremsstrahlung spectrum, and we argue that existing X-ray data on galaxy clusters should be sufficient to extend bounds on ALPs in the low-mass region $m_a \lesssim 1 \times 10^{-12}\,{\rm eV}$ down to $M \sim 7\times 10^{11}\, {\rm GeV}$, and that for $10^{11}\, {\rm GeV} < M \lesssim 10^{12}$ GeV light ALPs give rise to interesting and unique observational signatures that may be probed by existing and upcoming X-ray (and potentially X-ray polarisation) observations of galaxy clusters.

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