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轴子与白矮星光度函数

Axions and the white dwarf luminosity function

J. Isern, S. Catalan, E. Garcia-Berro, S. Torres

摘要:

白矮星的演化可以描述为一个简单的冷却过程。最近,已经有可能以前所未有的精度确定它们的光度函数,即每单位体积和光度间隔的恒星数量。由于这个函数的亮分支的形状只对平均冷却速率敏感,我们使用这个属性来检查轴子的可能存在,轴子是一种提出但尚未检测到的弱相互作用粒子。我们在这里表明,包含在白矮星的演化模型的轴子发射率显着提高理论计算和观测的白矮星光度函数之间的协议,从而提供了第一个积极的迹象表明,轴子可能存在。我们的结果表明,当m_a为轴子质量,cos ^2 β为自由参数时,m_a为cos ^2 β ~ 2-6 meV时得到最佳拟合,大于10 meV的值显然被排除在外。

英文摘要:

The evolution of white dwarfs can be described as a simple cooling process. Recently, it has been possible to determine with an unprecedented precision their luminosity function, that is, the number of stars per unit volume and luminosity interval. Since the shape of the bright branch of this function is only sensitive to the average cooling rate, we use this property to check the possible existence of axions, a proposed but not yet detected weakly interacting particle. We show here that the inclusion of the axion emissivity in the evolutionary models of white dwarfs noticeably improves the agreement between the theoretical calculations and the observational white dwarf luminosity function, thus providing the first positive indication that axions could exist. Our results indicate that the best fit is obtained for m_a cos^2beta ~ 2-6 meV, where m_a is the mass of the axion and cos^2beta is a free parameter, and that values larger than 10 meV are clearly excluded.

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