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Cosmic infrared background excess from axionlike particles and implications for multimessenger observations of blazars

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The first measurement of the diffuse background spectrum at 0.8-1.7 $\mu \rm{m}$ from the CIBER experiment has revealed a significant excess of the cosmic infrared background (CIB) radiation compared to the theoretically expected spectrum. We revisit the hypothesis that decays of axionlike particle (ALP) can explain this excess, extending previous analyses to the case of a warm relic population. We show that such a scenario is not excluded by anisotropy measurements nor by stellar cooling arguments. Moreover, we find that the increased extragalactic background light (EBL) does not contradict observations of blazar spectra. Furthermore, the increased EBL attenuates the diffuse TeV gamma-ray flux and alleviates the tension between the detected neutrino and gamma ray fluxes.

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Little Red Dots as Hidden Neutrino Sources

astro-ph.HE · 2026-01-16 · unverdicted · novelty 7.0

Little Red Dots can contribute ~30% of the diffuse neutrino background at TeV-sub-PeV energies through photomeson production in black hole envelopes, with modified flavor ratios at higher energies.

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  • Little Red Dots as Hidden Neutrino Sources astro-ph.HE · 2026-01-16 · unverdicted · none · ref 120 · internal anchor

    Little Red Dots can contribute ~30% of the diffuse neutrino background at TeV-sub-PeV energies through photomeson production in black hole envelopes, with modified flavor ratios at higher energies.

  • Anisotropy of Cosmic Background Photons from Annihilating/Decaying Dark Matter hep-ph · 2026-05-01 · unverdicted · none · ref 18

    A comprehensive formulation is given for the angular power spectrum of photons from dark matter annihilation or decay, stressing that detector energy resolution is essential for accurate evaluation of line photon signals.