3 papers
hep-ph2026
Stellar Superradiance and Low-Energy Absorption in Dense Nuclear Media
Zhaoyu Bai, Vitor Cardoso, Yifan Chen +3
Ultralight bosons such as axions and dark photons are well-motivated hypothetical particles, whose couplings to ordinary matter can be effectively constrained by stellar cooling. L…
hep-ph2026
Lectures on Light Particles and Compact Objects
Alessandro Lella, Jamie McDonald
This document is based on lectures delivered at a recent COSMIC WISPers COST Action training school in Annecy in September 2025. They examine detection of weakly interacting slim p…
hep-ph2024
Axion signals from neutron star populations
U. Bhura, R. A. Battye, J. I. McDonald +1
Neutron stars provide a powerful probe of axion dark matter, especially in higher frequency ranges where there remain fewer laboratory constraints. Populations of neutron stars nea…