Astrophysical constraints on a new light axion and other weakly interacting particles

M. Fukugita, S. Watamura, M. Yoshimura

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Abstract

Constraints on the light axion of Dine, Fischler, and Srednicki are critically reexamined and upper bounds on its mass are derived from stars at various stages of evolution. A conservative upper bound for the axion mass is about 1 eV, while a model-dependent argument gives a better upper bound of mass 0.07 eV. The same argument also applies to coupling of any massless pseudoscalar particle to electrons giving an upper bound of |ge|<1×10-11.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1840-1853
Number of pages14
JournalPhysical Review D
Volume26
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1982
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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