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PUBDB-2025-01537

http://join2-wiki.gsi.de/foswiki/pub/Main/Artwork/join2_logo100x88.png NuSTAR Bounds on Radiatively Decaying Particles from M82

Candón, F. R. ; Fiorillo, D. F. G.Extern*DESY* ; Lucente, G. ; Vitagliano, E. ; Vogel, J. K.

2025
APS College Park, Md.

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Please use a persistent id in citations: doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.171004  doi:10.3204/PUBDB-2025-01537

Report No.: arXiv:2412.03660

Abstract: Axions and other putative feebly interacting particles (FIPs) with a mass of tens to several hundreds of keVs can be produced in stellar cores with a Lorentz boost factor $E_a/m_a\lesssim 10$. Thus, starburst galaxies such as M82 are efficient factories of slow axions. Their decay $a\rightarrow\gamma\gamma$ would produce a large flux of X-ray photons, peaking around $100$ keV and spread around the galaxy by an angle that can be relatively large. We use observations of the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) mission to show that the absence of these features can constrain $30-500$ keV axion masses into uncharted regions for axion-photon coupling of $g_{a\gamma}\sim 10^{-10}-10^{-12}\,\rm GeV^{-1}$. Our argument can be applied to other heavy FIPs and astrophysical sources that are hot enough to produce them, yet cold enough to avoid large boost factors which slow down the decay.

Note: Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 171004 (2025). 4 pages, 3 figures, plus Supplemental Material

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Contributing Institute(s):

1. Theoretische Astroteilchenphysik (Z_THAT)

Research Program(s):

1. 613 - Matter and Radiation from the Universe (POF4-613) (POF4-613)
2. INTERACTIONS - NBIA INTERACTIONS POSTDOCTORAL PROGRAMME (847523) (847523)
3. HIDDeN - Hunting Invisibles: Dark sectors, Dark matter and Neutrinos (860881) (860881)

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Appears in the scientific report 2025

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http://join2-wiki.gsi.de/foswiki/pub/Main/Artwork/join2_logo100x88.png Preprint Candón, F. R. (Corresponding author) ; Fiorillo, D. F. G.Extern*DESY* ; Lucente, G. ; Vitagliano, E. ; Vogel, J. K.
NuSTAR Bounds on Radiatively Decaying Particles from M82
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