Astrophysical axion bounds

@article{Raffelt2006AstrophysicalAB,
  title={Astrophysical axion bounds},
  author={Georg G. Raffelt},
  journal={Lecture Notes in Physics},
  year={2006},
  volume={741},
  pages={51-71}
}
  • G. Raffelt
  • Published 28 November 2006
  • Physics
  • Lecture Notes in Physics
Axion emission by hot and dense plasmas is a new energy-loss channel for stars. Observable consequences include a modification of the solar sound-speed profile, an increase of the solar neutrino flux, a reduction of the helium-burning lifetime of globular-cluster stars, accelerated white-dwarf cooling, and a reduction of the supernova SN 1987A neutrino burst duration. I review and update these arguments and summarize the resulting axion constraints. 
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