Abstract
Axions are weakly interactive bosons introduced to solve the longstanding CP problem. If their mass is small enough (up to a few keV), they can be produced in stellar interiors, and act as an additional energy loss mechanism. We study the effect of axions in the evolution of stars with mass close to the minimum that experiences carbon burning, so called Mup. This mass limit is a fundamental property in astrophysics as it defines which stars produce carbon-oxygen white dwarfs (CO WDs) and, at the other side, those that produce oxygen-neon white dwarfs, electron-capture supernovae and normal core collapse supernovae (CCSNe). Hence, Mup is critical for the WD mass distribution, supernova progenitors, supernova rates, chemical evolution of galaxies and so on. We find that axions may increase Mup till values that are in tension with the observed minimum mass of CCSN progenitors and with the maximum stellar mass that produces CO WDs. This is the first study that considers axion effects in this stellar mass range, and on Mup.
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I.D acknowledges founding from the MINECO-FEDER grant AYA2015-63588, O.S. from the PRIN-MIUR grant 20128PCN59 and A.M. is supported by the MIUR and INFN through the Theoretical Astroparticle Physics project.
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Domínguez, I., Straniero, O., Giannotti, M., Mirizzi, A. (2019). Axions and the Final Fate of Stars. In: Formicola, A., Junker, M., Gialanella, L., Imbriani, G. (eds) Nuclei in the Cosmos XV. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 219. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13876-9_24
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