Testing selectively enhanced QCD axions couplings as an explanation of the RX J1856.5-3754 hard X-ray excess

arXiv:2607.23140 · hep-ph, astro-ph.HE · Submitted 2026-07-25 · Read on arXiv

Charul Rathod, Madhukar Mishra, P. K Das

hep-ph, astro-ph.HE

Submitted: 2026-07-25

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

Terminology

• Core — 15× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Benchmark — 7× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Consistency — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes

Sources

• The Cooling of Compact Stars
• Axion Mass Limits from Cooling Neutron Stars

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