Axions for amateurs

David J.E. Marsh

doi:10.1080/00107514.2023.2256085

Axions for amateurs

David J.E. Marsh^*

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Axions are an increasingly popular topic in theoretical physics, and are sparking a global experimental effort. In the following I review the motivations for the existence of axions, the theories underlying them, and the methods to search for them. The target audience is an interested amateur, physics undergraduate, or scientist in another field, and so I use no complicated mathematics or advanced theoretical topics, and instead use lots of analogies.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-18
Number of pages	18
Journal	CONTEMPORARY PHYSICS
Volume	64
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00107514.2023.2256085
Publication status	Published - 2023

Keywords

axion electrodynamics
Axions
dark matter
haloscope
strong cp problem
superradiance

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