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arxiv: 2605.30422 · v1 · pith:YSSFNXRQnew · submitted 2026-05-28 · ✦ hep-ph · astro-ph.SR

Millicharged Particle Constraints from Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars

Damiano F.G. Fiorillo , Giuseppe Lucente , Jeremy Sakstein , Edoardo Vitagliano This is my paper

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Globular cluster star ratios constrain millicharged particles to charges as low as 5×10^{-13} for 10-100 keV masses.

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The paper examines how millicharged particles would alter the evolution of low-mass stars by carrying away energy during the horizontal branch and asymptotic giant branch phases. Production of these particles shortens both phases but affects the asymptotic giant branch more strongly because of higher temperatures in the helium-burning shell. This changes the expected ratio of stars in these phases, known as the R2 parameter. Comparing model predictions to observations in globular clusters allows the authors to place new upper limits on the particle charge that improve existing bounds by up to two orders of magnitude in a particular mass window. A sympathetic reader would care because this provides an independent astrophysical probe of physics beyond the standard model.

Core claim

Millicharged particles shorten the lifetimes of horizontal branch and asymptotic giant branch phases in low-mass stars, with a larger effect on the AGB phase due to higher temperatures in the helium-burning shell. This reduces the R2 parameter below standard expectations. Comparison with globular cluster data yields the strongest bounds for masses between 10 keV and 100 keV, with charges down to approximately 5×10^{-13}, improving on prior constraints by up to two orders of magnitude.

What carries the argument

The R2 parameter, the ratio of the number of asymptotic giant branch stars to horizontal branch stars, which is reduced by differential lifetime shortening from millicharged particle emission.

If this is right

  • The new bounds apply in the mass range 10 keV to 100 keV.
  • These limits surpass previous constraints by up to two orders of magnitude.
  • MCP emission reduces AGB lifetimes more than HB lifetimes due to temperature differences.
  • Globular cluster observations serve as a sensitive test for exotic particle production in stellar interiors.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • If the R2 parameter can be measured more precisely in additional clusters, the bounds could be strengthened further.
  • This method might be extended to other evolutionary phases or different types of stars to search for millicharged particles in other mass ranges.
  • Confirmation of these bounds would imply that millicharged particles could influence energy transport in other high-temperature astrophysical environments.

Load-bearing premise

The assumption that millicharged particle production shortens both the horizontal branch and asymptotic giant branch lifetimes, with a larger reduction in the asymptotic giant branch phase due to higher temperatures in the helium-burning shell.

What would settle it

An observed R2 parameter in globular clusters that is consistent with no additional energy loss from millicharged particles, or a calculation showing that MCP emission does not preferentially shorten the AGB phase, would invalidate the derived bounds.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2605.30422 by Damiano F.G. Fiorillo, Edoardo Vitagliano, Giuseppe Lucente, Jeremy Sakstein.

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We investigate the effect of millicharged particles (MCPs) with electric charge $qe\ll e$ and mass $m_\chi$ on the late-stage evolution phases of low-mass stars in globular clusters. We predict the $R_2$ parameter -- the ratio of the number of stars in the asymptotic giant branch (AGB) phase to the number of stars in the horizontal branch (HB) phase -- and compare it against globular cluster data. While the production of MCPs shortens both the HB and AGB lifetimes, a larger reduction in the AGB phase arises from the higher temperatures in the helium-burning shell. We find the strongest bounds in the range $10\,\mathrm{keV}\lesssim m_\chi\lesssim 100\,\mathrm{keV}$, reaching charges as small as $q\simeq 5\times10^{-13}$ and surpassing existing constraints by up to two orders of magnitude.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The paper claims that millicharged particles (MCPs) affect late-stage stellar evolution in globular clusters by shortening both horizontal branch (HB) and asymptotic giant branch (AGB) lifetimes, with a larger effect on the AGB phase due to higher temperatures in the helium-burning shell. This differential shortening alters the R2 parameter (ratio of AGB to HB stars), allowing new constraints from globular cluster observations that reach q ≃ 5×10^{-13} for 10 keV ≲ m_χ ≲ 100 keV and improve on existing bounds by up to two orders of magnitude.

Significance. If the predicted differential lifetime reduction holds after full accounting for production rates under realistic stellar conditions, the result would provide substantially stronger limits on MCPs in a mass range where other constraints are weaker, extending the use of globular-cluster R2 data to a new phase. The approach is falsifiable via direct comparison to observed star counts.

major comments (2)
  1. [sections describing MCP production rates and lifetime calculations] The central claim of improved bounds by ~100 rests on MCP emissivity producing a significantly larger fractional lifetime reduction in the AGB He-shell than in the HB core. The manuscript must explicitly compute and compare the energy-loss rates (Compton, bremsstrahlung, pair processes) for both phases, including density, degeneracy, and kinematic thresholds when m_χ ≈ T; without this quantitative demonstration the factor-of-100 improvement cannot be verified.
  2. [section on R2 parameter and observational comparison] The bounds are obtained from the change in predicted R2; the paper must report the explicit functional dependence of R2 on q and m_χ, the adopted globular-cluster data set, the observed R2 value with uncertainties, and the error treatment used to translate the R2 shift into the quoted q limits.
minor comments (2)
  1. The abstract would be clearer if it briefly identified the stellar evolution code or input physics (e.g., opacities, convection treatment) used for the HB and AGB models.
  2. Notation for the charge q and mass m_χ should be defined at first use and kept consistent with any prior MCP literature cited.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the careful reading and constructive comments on our manuscript. We address each major comment below and will revise the manuscript to incorporate the requested explicit details and comparisons.

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  1. Referee: The central claim of improved bounds by ~100 rests on MCP emissivity producing a significantly larger fractional lifetime reduction in the AGB He-shell than in the HB core. The manuscript must explicitly compute and compare the energy-loss rates (Compton, bremsstrahlung, pair processes) for both phases, including density, degeneracy, and kinematic thresholds when m_χ ≈ T; without this quantitative demonstration the factor-of-100 improvement cannot be verified.

    Authors: We agree that an explicit side-by-side comparison of the energy-loss rates strengthens the presentation. The manuscript computes the MCP emissivities using the standard expressions for Compton scattering, bremsstrahlung, and pair production, evaluated at the characteristic temperature, density, and degeneracy conditions of the HB core and the hotter, lower-density AGB helium-burning shell. The differential lifetime reduction arises because the emissivity is more sensitive to the higher temperature in the AGB shell, particularly for m_χ in the 10–100 keV range where kinematic thresholds become relevant. To address the request directly, we will add a new subsection (or table/figure) in the revised manuscript that tabulates and compares the energy-loss rates and resulting fractional lifetime shortenings for representative m_χ values in both phases, explicitly including degeneracy and threshold effects. This will allow independent verification of the factor-of-~100 improvement in the bounds. revision: yes

  2. Referee: The bounds are obtained from the change in predicted R2; the paper must report the explicit functional dependence of R2 on q and m_χ, the adopted globular-cluster data set, the observed R2 value with uncertainties, and the error treatment used to translate the R2 shift into the quoted q limits.

    Authors: The R2 parameter is obtained from the ratio of the MCP-modified AGB and HB lifetimes, where the lifetime reduction scales with the emissivity ∝ q² f(m_χ, T, ρ). We will add an explicit statement of this functional dependence in the revised text. The adopted globular-cluster data set, the measured R2 value together with its uncertainty, and the statistical procedure (propagation of the observed R2 uncertainty into an allowed deviation in the lifetime ratio, hence into q) will be reported in a dedicated paragraph or subsection. These additions will make the mapping from R2 shift to the quoted q limits fully transparent without altering the underlying analysis. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: bounds derived from independent stellar models and observations

full rationale

The paper computes MCP emissivity from standard processes (Compton scattering, bremsstrahlung, pair production) inside HB cores and AGB shells, integrates the resulting energy loss into stellar evolution to obtain shortened lifetimes, forms the observable R2 ratio, and compares the predicted R2(m_χ, q) against globular-cluster star counts. None of the load-bearing steps reduces by definition or by self-citation to the target bound; the temperature dependence that produces a larger AGB effect is an output of the microphysical rates and the stellar-structure equations, not an input. No fitted parameter is relabeled as a prediction, and no uniqueness theorem from the same authors is invoked to close the argument. The derivation is therefore self-contained against external data.

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