Active Galactic Nuclei Shed Light on Axionlike Particles

被引：57

作者：

Burrage, Clare ^{[1
]}

Davis, Anne-Christine ^{[2
]}

Shaw, Douglas J. ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] DESY, Theory Grp, Deutsch Elektronen Synchrotron, D-22603 Hamburg, Germany

[2] Ctr Math Sci, Dept Appl Math & Theoret Phys, Cambridge CB3 0WA, England

[3] Queen Mary Univ London, Astron Unit, Sch Math Sci, London E1 4NS, England

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2009年 / 102卷 / 20期

关键词：

GAMMA-RAY; CP CONSERVATION; BLAZARS;

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.201101

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

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.

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