AXION DECAY OF A PHOTON IN AN EXTERNAL ELECTROMAGNETIC-FIELD

Authors
MIKHEEV NV PARKHOMENKO AY VASSILEVSKAYA LA
Citation
Nv. Mikheev et al., AXION DECAY OF A PHOTON IN AN EXTERNAL ELECTROMAGNETIC-FIELD, Modern physics letters A, 13(23), 1998, pp. 1899-1905
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear","Physics, Particles & Fields","Physycs, Mathematical
Journal title
Modern physics letters A → ACNP
ISSN journal
02177323
Volume
13
Issue
23
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1899 - 1905
Database
ISI
SICI code
0217-7323(1998)13:23<1899:ADOAPI>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
An interaction of a pseudoscalar particle with two photons induced by an external electromagnetic field is used to study the photon decay ga mma --> gamma a where a is a pseudoscalar particle associated with the Peccei-Quinn U(1) symmetry. The field-induced axion emission by photo n is analyzed as a possible source of energy losses by astrophysical o bjects.