Constraining axionlike particles using the distance-duality relation

Abstract

One of the fundamental results used in observational cosmology is the distance duality relation (DDR), which relates the luminosity distance, $D_L$, with angular diameter distance, $D_A$, at a given redshift $z$. We employ the observed limits of this relation to constrain the coupling of axion like particles (ALPs) with photons. With our detailed $3D$ ALP-photon mixing simulation in standard $\Lambda$CDM universe and latest DDR limits observed in Holand \& Barros (2016) we limit the coupling constant $g_{\varphi }\le 6\times 10^{-13}Ge{V}^{-1}\left(\frac{nG}{⟨B{⟩}_{\mathrm{Mpc}}}\right)$ for ALPs of mass $\le 10^{-15}$ eV. The DDR observations can provide very stringent constraint on ALPs mixing in future. Also any deviation in DDR can be conventionally explained as photons decaying to axions or vice-versa.

7 pages, 5 figures, Accepted for publication in PRD

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