30 Jan 2025
Seminars and colloquia
Time
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Venue
Beecroft Seminar Room
Beecroft Building, Department of Physics, 91探花, Parks Road, 91探花, OX1 3PU
Beecroft Building, Department of Physics, 91探花, Parks Road, 91探花, OX1 3PU
Speaker(s)
Dr , Durham University
Seminar series
Theoretical particle physics seminar
For more information contact
John Wheater (john.wheater@physics.ox.ac.uk)
Abstract
String theory models generically predict the existence of multiple axion-like particle (ALP) fields, which can act as both dark matter and dark energy as well as solving the strong CP problem. I will motivate and discuss the phenomenology of systems with multiple ALPs which can undergo oscillations akin to neutrino oscillations. I will explore this phenomenology in some of the leading ALP search strategies, including the CERN Axion Solar Telescope and the gamma-ray spectra of distant blazars. We find that multi-ALP models can predict drastically different results than single ALP models.