Nonclassicality of axionlike dark matter through gravitational self-interactions
PHYSICAL REVIEW D(2022)
摘要
Axionlike particles (ALPs) are promising dark matter candidates. They are typically described by a classical field, motivated by large phase space occupation numbers. Here we show that such a description is accompanied by a quantum effect: squeezing due to gravitational self-interactions. For a typical QCD axion today, the onset of squeezing is reached on mu s scales and grows over millennia. Thus within the usual models based on the classical Schrodinger-Poisson equation, a type of Gross-Pitaevskii equation, any viable ALP is nonclassical. We also show that squeezing may be relevant on the scales of other self -gravitating systems such as galactic haloes, or solitonic cores. Conversely, our results highlight the incompleteness and limitations of the classical single field description of ALPs.
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