Search for Spectral Irregularities due to Photon-Axionlike-Particle Oscillations with the Fermi Large Area Telescope

(The Fermi-LAT Collaboration)

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.161101

Search for Spectral Irregularities due to Photon-Axionlike-Particle Oscillations with the Fermi Large Area Telescope

(The Fermi-LAT Collaboration)

Department of Physics and Astronomy
Clemson University
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Department of Physics
Stockholm University
Oskar Klein Centre
University of Pisa
INFN Gruppo Collegato di Udine
INFN Sezione di Trieste
Dipartimento di Fisica
University of Trieste
INFN
Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia G. Galilei
University of Padova
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
INFN
INFN Sezione di Bari
Sezione di Torino
INFN Sezione di Torino
Dipartimento di Fisica Generale 'Amadeo Avogadro'
University of Turin
Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier
c/o DESY
Consorzio Interuniversitario per la Fisica Spaziale (CIFS)
Politecnico di Bari
INAF Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Milan
Sezione di Perugia
INFN Sezione di Perugia
INFM CRS-SOFT
University of Perugia
George Mason University
Space Science Data Center
Science and Research Directorate
INAF Istituto di Radioastronomia
Dipartimento di Astronomia
University of Bologna
INFN Gruppo Collegato di Udine
and Physics University of Udine
Università Telematica Pegaso
Department of Physical Science
Hiroshima University
Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
University of Iceland
ISAS/JAXA

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We report on the search for spectral irregularities induced by oscillations between photons and axionlike-particles (ALPs) in the γ-ray spectrum of NGC 1275, the central galaxy of the Perseus cluster. Using 6 years of Fermi Large Area Telescope data, we find no evidence for ALPs and exclude couplings above 5×10-12 GeV-1 for ALP masses 0.5ma5 neV at 95% confidence. The limits are competitive with the sensitivity of planned laboratory experiments, and, together with other bounds, strongly constrain the possibility that ALPs can reduce the γ-ray opacity of the Universe.

langue originale	Anglais
Numéro d'article	161101
journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	116
Numéro de publication	16
Les DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.161101
état	Publié - 20 avr. 2016

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Search for Spectral Irregularities due to Photon-Axionlike-Particle Oscillations with the Fermi Large Area Telescope

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