Radiation burst by axion star collision with star in the Andromeda galaxy

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2022.137089zbMATH Open1494.85003arXiv2203.07579OpenAlexW4225682671MaRDI QIDQ2140686FDOQ2140686

Authors: Aiichi Iwazaki 

Publication date: 23 May 2022

Published in: Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Axion is a promising candidate of dark matter in the universe. A fraction of dark matter axion may forms axion star with radius $sim10^2$km. We show that the axion star emits radiation burst by the collision with K and M types main sequence star in the Andromeda Galaxy. The emission arises in the atmosphere of the star, in which electrons coherently oscillate due to oscillating electric field of the axion star. The electric field is produced under magnetic field $B$ of the star. We estimate the flux density of the radiation $sim1.6imes10^{-3}mboxJy(10^{-12}{M}_{odot}/M_a{)}^2(10^{-5}mboxeV/m_a{)}^3(B/10^{2}mboxG{)}^{2}sqrt3imes10^{3}mboxK/T$ and the rate of the collision per hour $sim0.06/mboxhour,(10^{-12}{M}_{odot}/M_a)$ in the galaxy, where $M_a$ ( $m_a$ ) denotes the mass of axion star ( axion ) and $T$ does temperature of the electrons. We assume the number $10^{11}$ of the stars with $Bsim10^2$G and radius $sim3.5imes10^5$km in the galaxy. We also assume that a half of the dark matter is composed of axion star. We show that the emission of the radiation burst only arises in the atmosphere in which the plasma frequency $m_{p}simeq{m}_a$. The duration of the burst lasts for the period which it takes the axion star to pass the region with $m_{p}simeq{m}_a$. It would be longer than $1$ second.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.07579

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Oscillation, zeros of solutions, mean value theorems, etc. in context of PDEs (35B05) Classical and relativistic thermodynamics (80A10) Other elementary particle theory in quantum theory (81V25) Asymptotic procedures (radiation, news functions, (mathcal{H} )-spaces, etc.) in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C30) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Galactic and stellar structure (85A15) Collisions in celestial mechanics, regularization (70F16) Dark matter and dark energy (83C56)

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