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Constraints on Ultra-Light Axions from the DESI DR1 Full Shape, Planck and ACT
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A solar energy research paper on Constraints on Ultra-Light Axions from the DESI DR1 Full Shape, Planck and ACT.
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We present updated bounds on ultra-light axions (ULAs) as a subcomponent of dark matter, derived from the full-shape analysis of the DESI Data Release 1 galaxy power spectra combined with Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) data from ACT and Planck. We focus on the mass window $10^{-32}\,\mathrm{eV}\leq m_a \leq 10^{-24}\,\mathrm{eV}$, employing state-of-the-art analysis methods rooted in the Effective Field Theory of Large Scale Structure. For the smallest masses, our joint analysis with DESI improves over CMB-only constraints by more than a factor of 2, establishing the most stringent limits to date. For instance, for $m_a \sim 10^{-29}\,\mathrm{eV}$ ULAs are constrained to be a fraction as small as $0.3\%$ of the total matter energy density. The DESI Luminous Red Galaxy sample shows a mild preference for an ULA subcomponent with $m_a \approx 10^{-26}\,\mathrm{eV}$, mirroring previous hints from BOSS, but this preference vanishes upon combination with CMB data. Probing the largest masses, $m_a\gtrsim10^{-25}\,\mathrm{eV}$, in future studies will benefit from extending the data analysis to smaller scales, both for galaxy clustering and CMB lensing, but will also require concurrent improvements in the theoretical modeling.
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