Searching for Axion-like particle Dark Matter with Time-domain Polarization: Constraints from a protoplanetary disk

arXiv:2602.15611 · astro-ph.CO, astro-ph.EP, hep-ph · Submitted 2026-02-17 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.CO, astro-ph.EP, hep-ph

Submitted: 2026-02-17

Updated: 2026-09-24

Terminology

• Axion Dark Matter — 2× in this paper
• Coherence Length — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Adam — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Alignment — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Calibration — 1× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Core — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

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• Cold and Fuzzy Dark Matter
• Ultralight scalars as cosmological dark matter
• String Axiverse
• The type IIB string axiverse and its low-energy phenomenology
• Cosmic Structure as the Quantum Interference of a Coherent Dark Wave
• New CAST Limit on the Axion-Photon Interaction
• Conceptual Design of the International Axion Observatory (IAXO)
• New ALPS Results on Hidden-Sector Lightweights
• Revisiting the SN1987A gamma-ray limit on ultralight axion-like particles
• New polarimetric constraints on axion-like particles
• Soft X-ray Excess in the Coma Cluster from a Cosmic Axion Background
• First lower limits on the photon-axion-like particle coupling from very high energy gamma-ray observation
• Axion-Like Particles and Recent Observations of the Cosmic Infrared Background Radiation
• Axion Dark Matter Detection with CMB Polarization
• Constraining the photon coupling of ultra-light dark-matter axion-like particles by polarization variations of parsec-scale jets in active galaxies
• Constraints on millicharged dark matter and axion-like particles from timing of radio waves
• Exploration of the polarization angle variability of the Crab Nebula with POLARBEAR and its application to the search for axion-like particles
• Pulsar Polarization Array Limits on Ultralight Axion-like Dark Matter
• Optical and Near-infrared View of Planet-forming Disks and Protoplanets

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