Published In

Physics Letters A

Document Type

Pre-Print

Publication Date

2024

Subjects

Axions, Electrodynamics, Astrophysics

Abstract

Electromagnetic fields from localized current source interacting with an oscillatory cosmic axion field are studied, accounting for the possibility of a finite photon mass. In particular, focus will be on the dipole radiation from static current sources. The Proca theory is generalized to include the axion field and solutions to the modified EM field equations are obtained to first order in the axion coupling parameter. Analysis of the interplay between the two vanishingly small parameters – the axion mass (via the coupling constant and the oscillating frequency) and the photon mass – is carried out with reference to possible future detection of the cosmic axion and/or the photon mass via electromagnetic interaction with the axion.

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This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Physics Letters A; the definitive version, © 2023 Elsevier, can be found online:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2024.129701

DOI

10.1016/j.physleta.2024.129701

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https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/42387

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