Active Galactic Nuclei Shed Light on Axionlike Particles

2009/02/13 by Clare Burrage, Anne-Christine Davis, Douglas J. Shaw · 7 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #astro-ph.CO #gr-qc #hep-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.102.201101

published as Phys.Rev.Lett.102:201101,2009 · 4 pages, 3 figures

arxiv created 2009/02/13 · openalex publication_date 2009/05/21 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We demonstrate that the scatter in the luminosity relations of astrophysical objects can be used to search for axionlike particles. This analysis is applied to observations of active galactic nuclei, where we find evidence highly suggestive of the existence of a very light axionlike particle.

Citations

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