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arxiv: 1711.02208 · v1 · pith:2GK7IPOVnew · submitted 2017-11-06 · 🌌 astro-ph.HE · hep-ph

Searches for Axion-Like Particles with NGC1275: Current and Future Bounds

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Galaxy clusters contain large magnetic fields that make them excellent targets to search for ultralight Axion-Like Particles (ALPs). ALP-photon interconversion imprints quasi-sinusoidal oscillations on the X-ray spectra of point sources in or behind the cluster. The absence of substantial oscillations allows us to place bounds on $g_{a \gamma \gamma}$. Here the bounds from the {\it Chandra} X-ray observations of NGC1275 are presented, as well as those predicted for the {\it Athena} X-ray observatory, due to launch in 2028.

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