Search for Axionlike-Particle-Induced Prompt γ -Ray Emission from Extragalactic Core-Collapse Supernovae with the Fermi Large Area Telescope

During a core-collapse supernova (SN), axionlike particles (ALPs) could be produced through the Primakoff process and subsequently convert into γ rays in the magnetic field of the Milky Way. We do not find evidence for such a γ-ray burst in observations of extragalactic SNe with the Fermi Large Area...

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Published in:Physical review letters 2020-06, Vol.124 (23), p.1-231101, Article 231101
Main Authors: Meyer, Manuel, Petrushevska, Tanja
Format: Article
Language:English
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ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
Couplings
Field of view
Light curve
Supernova 1987A
Supernovae
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Summary:During a core-collapse supernova (SN), axionlike particles (ALPs) could be produced through the Primakoff process and subsequently convert into γ rays in the magnetic field of the Milky Way. We do not find evidence for such a γ-ray burst in observations of extragalactic SNe with the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT). The SN explosion times are estimated from optical light curves and we find a probability of about ∼ 90 % that the LAT observed at least one SN at the time of the core collapse. Under the assumption that at least one SN was contained within the LAT field of view, we exclude photon-ALP couplings ≳ 2.6 × 10−12 GeV−1 for ALP masses ma ≲ 3 × 10−10 eV, improving previous limits from SN1987A by a factor of 2.
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.231101