Dark matter axions

DOI10.1142/S0217751X10048846MaRDI QIDQ3553642zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Pierre Sikivie

Publication date 21 April 2010

Published in International Journal of Modern Physics A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0909.0949

zbMATH Keywords

Bose-Einstein condensationdark matteraxion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Abstract: The hypothesis of an `invisible' axion was made by Misha Shifman and others, approximately thirty years ago. It has turned out to be an unusually fruitful idea, crossing boundaries between particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology. An axion with mass of order $10^{-5}$ eV (with large uncertainties) is one of the leading candidates for the dark matter of the universe. It was found recently that dark matter axions thermalize and form a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC). Because they form a BEC, axions differ from ordinary cold dark matter (CDM) in the non-linear regime of structure formation and upon entering the horizon. Axion BEC provides a mechanism for the production of net overall rotation in dark matter halos, and for the alignment of cosmic microwave anisotropy multipoles. Because there is evidence for these phenomena, unexplained with ordinary CDM, an argument can be made that the dark matter is axions.

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