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Parametric co-linear axion photon instability

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Axions and axion-like particles generically couple to QED via the axion-photon-photon interaction. This leads to a modification of Maxwell's equations known in the literature as axion-electrodynamics. The new form of Maxwell's equations gives rise to a new parametric instability in which a strong pump decays into a scattered light wave and an axion. This axion mode grows exponentially in time and leads to a change in the polarisation of the initial laser beam, therefore providing a signal for detection. Currently operating laser systems can put bounds on the axion parameter space, however longer pulselengths are necessary to reach the current best laboratory bounds of light-shining through wall experiments.
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Published
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10.1016/j.physletb.2023.137759

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0000-0002-4241-9219
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Physics
Sub department:
Atomic & Laser Physics
Oxford college:
Lady Margaret Hall
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0000-0002-4153-0628


Publisher:
Elsevier
Journal:
Physics Letters B More from this journal
Volume:
839
Article number:
137759
Publication date:
2023-02-09
Acceptance date:
2023-02-07
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1873-2445
ISSN:
0370-2693


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1328558
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2023-02-14
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