a Department of Theoretical Physics, Yaroslavl State University, Sovietskaya 14, Yaroslavl 150000, Russia
b Moscow Lomonosov University, V-952, Moscow 117234, Russia
Abstract:
The radiative decay of the axion a → γγ is investigated in an external electromagnetic field in DFSZ model in which axion couples to both quarks and leptons at tree level. The decay probability is strongly catalyzed by the external field, namely, the field removes the main suppression caused by the smallness of the axion mass.