Field-induced axion decay $a\to e^{+}{e}^{-}$ via plasmon

Abstract

The axion decay $a\to e^{+}{e}^{-}$ via a plasmon is investigated in an external magnetic field. The results we have obtained demonstrate a strong catalyzing influence of the field as the axion lifetime in the magnetic field of order $10^{15}$ G and at temperature of order 10 MeV is reduced to $10^4$ sec.

4 pages, latex, 2 PS figures, used espcrc2.sty Talk given at the 5th IFT Workshop on Axions, 13-15 March 1998, Gainesville, Florida, USA. To be published in Nucl. Phys. B (Proc. Suppl.)

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