Journal article
Soft X-ray Excess in the Coma Cluster from a Cosmic Axion Background
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We show that the soft X-ray excess in the Coma cluster can be explained by a cosmic background of relativistic axions converting into photons in the cluster magnetic field. We provide a detailed self-contained review of the cluster soft X-ray excess, the proposed astrophysical explanations and the problems they face, and explain how a 0.1-1 keV axion background naturally arises at reheating in many string theory models of the early universe. We study the morphology of the soft excess by numer...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Publisher:
- Institute of Physics Publishing
- Journal:
- JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS
- Volume:
- 2014
- Issue:
- 9
- Pages:
- 026-026
- Publication date:
- 2013-12-13
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1475-7516
- ISSN:
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1475-7516
- Source identifiers:
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464569
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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- Local pid:
- pubs:464569
- Deposit date:
- 2015-01-15
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- Copyright date:
- 2013
- Notes:
- 43 pages, 11 figures
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