Magnetic Turbulence Boosts Supernova Signals of Axion-Photon Conversion

arXiv:2605.15261 · hep-ph, astro-ph.CO, astro-ph.HE · Submitted 2026-05-14 · Read on arXiv

hep-ph, astro-ph.CO, astro-ph.HE

Submitted: 2026-05-14

Updated: 2026-09-21

Comments: 8 pages, 3 figures; Supplemental Material: 7 pages, 4 figures

Journal ref: Phys.Rev.Lett. 137 (2026) 12, 121002

DOI: 10.1103/bqpl-zyr8

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Milky Way — 10× in this paper
• Large Magellanic Cloud — 7× in this paper
• Core — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Abundance — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Adam — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Consistency — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Cooperation — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Self-consistency — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Solar Maximum Mission — 1× in this paper

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• New Technologies for Axion and Dark Photon Searches
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