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

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 co...

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Main Authors: Marco Regis, Marco Taoso, Daniel Vaz, Jarle Brinchmann, Sebastiaan L. Zoutendijk, Nicolas F. Bouché, Matthias Steinmetz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-03-01
Series:Physics Letters B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269321000150