Axions

GPTKB entity

Statements (42)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Hypothetical elementary particle
gptkbp:category gptkb:Boson
gptkbp:charge Neutral
gptkbp:compatibleWith True
gptkbp:decayProducts Two photons
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Axions
gptkbp:interactsWith Very weak
gptkbp:mainCandidate Dark matter
gptkbp:mass Very low (unknown, possibly micro-eV to meV)
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Axion_detergent
gptkbp:possibleAstrophysicalEffect Cooling of neutron stars
Cooling of white dwarfs
Supernova 1987A energy loss constraints
gptkbp:possibleDetectionMethod Axion-photon conversion in magnetic fields
Haloscope experiments
Helioscope experiments
Light-shining-through-walls experiments
gptkbp:possibleProduction gptkb:Stars
gptkb:Early_universe
Supernovae
gptkbp:possibleRelationTo gptkb:string_theory
Inflationary cosmology
gptkbp:predicts gptkb:Peccei-Quinn_theory
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:Helen_Quinn
gptkb:Roberto_Peccei
1977
gptkbp:proposedToSolve gptkb:Strong_CP_problem
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Axion-like_particles
gptkb:QCD_axion
gptkbp:role Cosmological dark matter
Influence on stellar evolution
Solution to strong CP problem
gptkbp:searchesConductedBy gptkb:CAST
gptkb:ADMX
gptkb:IAXO
gptkbp:spin 0
gptkbp:symmetry gptkb:Peccei-Quinn_symmetry
gptkbp:theoreticalConstraint Axion mass and coupling constants
gptkbp:type Pseudo-Nambu-Goldstone boson
Scalar field
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dark_Matter
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6