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Limits on axionlike particles from Mrk 421 with 4.5-year period observations by ARGO-YBJ and Fermi-LAT

Hai-Jun Li1,2, Jun-Guang Guo1,2, Xiao-Jun Bi1,2, Su-Jie Lin3,1, and Peng-Fei Yin1

  • 1Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 2School of Physics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 3School of Physics and Astronomy, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai 519082, GuangDong, China

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Phys. Rev. D 103, 083003 – Published 6 April, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.103.083003

Abstract

In this work, we investigate the axionlike particle (ALP)-photon oscillation effect in the spectra of the blazar Markarian 421 (Mrk 421) using 4.5 years of the Astrophysical Radiation with Ground-based Observatory at YangBaJing (ARGO-YBJ) and Fermi Large Area Telescope (Fermi-LAT) data. These data are collected during the common operation time, which cover ten activity phases of Mrk 421. No significant ALP-photon oscillation effect is confirmed. On the other hand, not all the observations of the ten phases can be individually used to set the 95% confidence level (C.L.) constraint on the ALP parameter space. However, the constraint can be significantly improved if the analyses for the ten phases are combined. We find that the upper limit at 95% C.L. on the ALP-photon coupling gaγ set by the ARGO-YBJ and Fermi-LAT observations of Mrk 421 is within ∼[2×10−11,6×10−11]  GeV−1 for the ALP mass of ∼5×10−10  eV≲ma≲5×10−7  eV.

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Phys. Rev. D 103, 083003– Published 6 April, 2021
  • Received 4 September 2020
  • Accepted 10 March 2021
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