# Axion production in unstable magnetized plasmas: an active source of dark-matter

## TL;DR

This paper explores how unstable magnetized plasmas can actively produce axions, a dark matter candidate, through beam-plasma instability, enabling potential detection via photon decay.

## Contribution

It introduces a novel method for axion production using plasma instability, expanding the possibilities for dark matter detection techniques.

## Key findings

- Achievable axion production rate of a few per minute.
- Demonstration of axion-plasmon hybridization in unstable plasmas.
- Potential detection of axions through Primakoff decay into photons.

## Abstract

Axions, the hypothetical particles restoring the charge-parity symmetry in the strong sector of the Standard Model, and one of the most prone candidates for dark matter, are well-known to interact with plasmas. In a recent publication [Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 120}, 181803 (2018)], we have shown that if the plasma dynamically responds to the presence of axions, then a new quasi-particle (the axion plasmon-polariton) can be formed, being at the basis of a new generation of plasma-based detection techniques. In this work, we exploit the axion-plasmon hybridization to actively produce axions in streaming magnetized plasmas. We show that, if we make the plasma unstable via the injection of an energetic electron beam (beam-plasma instability), an appreciable production rate of few axions per minute can be achieved. The produced axions can then be detected by Primakoff decay into photons.