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孤立中子星冷却的QCD轴子质量上限

Upper Limit on the QCD Axion Mass from Isolated Neutron Star Cooling

Malte Buschmann, Christopher Dessert, Joshua W. Foster, Andrew J. Long, Benjamin R. Safdi

摘要:

量子色动力学(QCD)轴子可以改变中子星(NS)的冷却速率。在NS核中,轴子是由核子的韧致辐射和核子处于超流态时的库珀对破缺和形成过程产生的。我们发现,附近的四个孤立的宏伟的七个NS以及PSR J0659是轴子冷却研究的主要候选者,因为它们是同时代的,从运动学的考虑已知的几十万年的年龄,他们有良好的测量表面光度。我们比较这些数据专用NS冷却模拟纳入轴子,剖析有关的状态方程,NS群众,表面成分和超流性的不确定性。我们的轴子和中微子发射率的计算包括高密度的抑制因素,也影响SN 1987A和以前的NS冷却轴子的限制。我们没有发现孤立的NS数据中的轴子的证据,并在KSVZ QCD轴子模型的上下文中,我们约束$m_a \lesssim 16$毫电子伏在95%的置信度。对NS冷却和核子超流性的进一步理解可以进一步改善这些限制,或者导致在较弱耦合下发现轴子。

英文摘要:

The quantum chromodynamics (QCD) axion may modify the cooling rates of neutron stars (NSs). The axions are produced within the NS cores from nucleon bremsstrahlung and, when the nucleons are in superfluid states, Cooper pair breaking and formation processes. We show that four of the nearby isolated Magnificent Seven NSs along with PSR J0659 are prime candidates for axion cooling studies because they are coeval, with ages of a few hundred thousand years known from kinematic considerations, and they have well-measured surface luminosities. We compare these data to dedicated NS cooling simulations incorporating axions, profiling over uncertainties related to the equation of state, NS masses, surface compositions, and superfluidity. Our calculations of the axion and neutrino emissivities include high-density suppression factors that also affect SN 1987A and previous NS cooling limits on axions. We find no evidence for axions in the isolated NS data, and within the context of the KSVZ QCD axion model we constrain $m_a \lesssim 16$ meV at 95% confidence. An improved understanding of NS cooling and nucleon superfluidity could further improve these limits or lead to the discovery of the axion at weaker couplings.

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