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Constraining the photon coupling of ultra-light dark-matter axion-like particles by polarization variations of parsec-scale jets in active galaxies

Ivanov, M. M.  
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Kovalev, Y. Y.
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Lister, M. L.
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February 1, 2019
Journal Of Cosmology And Astroparticle Physics

Dark matter may consist of axion-like particles with ultra-low masses. Two-photon interactions of these particles affect the polarization of radiation propagating through the dark matter. Coherent oscillations of the Bose condensate of the particles induce periodic changes in the plane of polarisation of emission passing through the condensate. We estimate this effect and analyze MOJAVE VLBA polarization observations of bright downstream features in the parsec-scale jets of active galaxies. Through the non-observation of periodic changes in the polarization angle, we are able to constrain the photon coupling of the ultra-light dark-matter axion-like particles at the level of less than or similar to 10(-12) GeV-1 for masses between similar to 5 x 10(-23) eV and similar to 1.2 x 10(-21) eV.

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research article
DOI
10.1088/1475-7516/2019/02/059
Web of Science ID

WOS:000460061300003

Author(s)
Ivanov, M. M.  
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Kovalev, Y. Y.
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Lister, M. L.
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Panin, A. G.
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Pushkarev, A. B.
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Savolainen, T.
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Troitsky, S. V.
Date Issued

2019-02-01

Publisher

IOP PUBLISHING LTD

Published in
Journal Of Cosmology And Astroparticle Physics
Issue

2

Start page

059

Subjects

Astronomy & Astrophysics

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Physics, Particles & Fields

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Physics

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particle physics

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cosmology connection

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cosmology of theories beyond the sm

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galactic nuclei

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linear-polarization

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field oscillations

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vlba experiments

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mojave

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birefringence

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alps

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REVIEWED

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