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Minimal Proton-Mass Dark Matter
Majed Khalaf, Eric Kuflik, Alessandro Lenoci +2
We present a minimal dark matter scenario: a single complex scalar carrying baryon and lepton number, with no new exact stabilizing symmetry. Its leading interaction is a dimension…
Millicharged Particle Constraints from Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars
Damiano F. G. Fiorillo, Giuseppe Lucente, Jeremy Sakstein +1
We investigate the effect of millicharged particles (MCPs) with electric charge and mass on the late-stage evolution phases of low-mass stars in globular clusters.…
Neutron Star Bounds on Muonic Fifth Forces from Picometer to Meter Scales
Damiano F. G. Fiorillo, Alessandro Lella, Georg G. Raffelt +2
Testing muonic fifth forces is difficult because muons are scarce in ordinary matter. However, they are abundant in neutron stars. We show that this population responds coherently…
Production of Leptophilic Bosons in Ultradegenerate Relativistic Matter
Damiano F. G. Fiorillo, Alessandro Lella, Georg G. Raffelt +2
Neutron stars (NSs) are powerful factories for new particles with masses up to the 100~keV range. These compact stars contain significant amounts of protons, electrons, and muons.…
Magnetic Turbulence Boosts Supernova Signals of Axion-Photon Conversion
Damiano F. G. Fiorillo, Ángel Gil Muyor, Georg G. Raffelt +1
Magnetic fields between a supernova (SN) and Earth convert axions into gamma rays. The absence of such a signal in coincidence with SN 1987A neutrinos, using the coherent Milky Way…
Millicharged Particle Production During Late-Stage Stellar Evolution
Damiano F. G. Fiorillo, Giuseppe Lucente, Jeremy Sakstein +1
Stars are natural sources of feebly interacting particles, including putative particles with mass and electric charge . The emission of such millicharged particles (MCPs)…