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Searching for light in the darkness: Bounds on ALP dark matter with the optical MUSE-faint survey

D. A. D. Vaz, J. Brinchmann, B. Zoutendijk, N. F. Bouché, M. Steinmetz

Abstract
We use MUSE spectroscopic observations of the dwarf spheroidal galaxy Leo T between 470 and 935 nm to search for radiative decays of axion like particles (ALPs). Under the assumption that ALPs constitute the dark matter component of the Leo T halo, we derive bounds on the effective ALP-two-photon coupling. We improve existing limits by more than one order of magnitude in the ALP mass range 2.7-5.3 eV.

Keywords
Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics; Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies; High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Physics Letters B
Volume 814, Number 1360, Page 11
2021 March

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Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia COMPETE 2020 PORTUGAL 2020 União Europeia