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Benjamin R. Safdi

Massachusetts Institute of Technology · US
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Area of research
Nuclear and High Energy Physics · Astronomy and Astrophysics
Research interest
Research interests include Physics, Dark matter, Astrophysics, Axion, Galaxy, and Particle physics.
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2,625
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24
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Recent publications

Axion Mass Prediction from Adaptive Mesh Refinement Cosmological Lattice Simulations
Physical Review Letters 2025cited by 26position: lastdoi
Cosmological dynamics of string theory axion strings
Physical review. D/Physical review. D. 2024cited by 17position: lastdoi
Was There a 3.5 keV Line?
The Astrophysical Journal 2024cited by 15position: lastdoi
Projected sensitivity of <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mtext>DMRadio-m</mml:mtext></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>3</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msup></mml:mrow></mml:math>: A search for the QCD axion below <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mn>1</mml:mn><mml:mtext> </mml:mtext><mml:mtext> </mml:mtext><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">μ</mml:mi><mml:mi>eV</mml:mi></mml:mrow></
Physical review. D/Physical review. D. 2022cited by 87position: middledoi
Extraterrestrial Axion Search with the Breakthrough Listen Galactic Center Survey
Physical Review Letters 2022cited by 62position: lastdoi
Dark Grand Unification in the axiverse: decaying axion dark matter and spontaneous baryogenesis
Journal of High Energy Physics 2022cited by 29position: middledoi
Search for Low-Mass Axion Dark Matter with ABRACADABRA-10 cm
Physical Review Letters 2021cited by 159position: middledoi
Deep Search for Decaying Dark Matter with <i>XMM-Newton</i> Blank-Sky Observations
Physical Review Letters 2021cited by 118position: lastdoi
Foreground mismodeling and the point source explanation of the Fermi Galactic Center excess
Physical review. D/Physical review. D. 2020cited by 77position: middledoi
Characterizing the nature of the unresolved point sources in the Galactic Center: An assessment of systematic uncertainties
Physical review. D/Physical review. D. 2020cited by 51position: lastdoi
First Results from ABRACADABRA-10 cm: A Search for Sub-<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>μ</mml:mi><mml:mi>eV</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:math> Axion Dark Matter
Physical Review Letters 2019cited by 276position: middledoi
Design and implementation of the ABRACADABRA-10 cm axion dark matter search
Physical review. D/Physical review. D. 2019cited by 57position: middledoi
Revealing the dark matter halo with axion direct detection
Physical review. D/Physical review. D. 2018cited by 193position: lastdoi
Radio Signals from Axion Dark Matter Conversion in Neutron Star Magnetospheres
Physical Review Letters 2018cited by 178position: middledoi
Constraining a Thin Dark Matter Disk with<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>G</mml:mi><mml:mi>a</mml:mi><mml:mi>i</mml:mi><mml:mi>a</mml:mi></mml:math>
Physical Review Letters 2018cited by 99position: middledoi
Search for Dark Matter Annihilation in Galaxy Groups
Physical Review Letters 2018cited by 64position: lastdoi
Stellar Wakes from Dark Matter Subhalos
Physical Review Letters 2018cited by 38position: middledoi
Comment on “Characterizing the population of pulsars in the Galactic bulge with the Fermi large area telescope” [arXiv:1705.00009v1]
Physics of the Dark Universe 2018cited by 20position: middledoi
<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>γ</mml:mi></mml:math>-ray Constraints on Decaying Dark Matter and Implications for IceCube
Physical Review Letters 2017cited by 162position: middledoi
Broadband and Resonant Approaches to Axion Dark Matter Detection
Physical Review Letters 2016cited by 374position: middledoi
Evidence for Unresolved<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>γ</mml:mi></mml:math>-Ray Point Sources in the Inner Galaxy
Physical Review Letters 2016cited by 282position: middledoi
High-energy tail of the Galactic Center gamma-ray excess
Physical review. D/Physical review. D. 2016cited by 71position: middledoi
Comments on the diphoton excess: critical reappraisal of effective field theory interpretations
Journal of High Energy Physics 2016cited by 25position: middledoi
Modulation effects in dark matter-electron scattering experiments
Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D, Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology 2015cited by 145position: lastdoi

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Frequent collaborators

Nicholas L. Rodd · Massachusetts Institute of Technology11 papers (2016–2021)Joshua W. Foster · Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory9 papers (2018–2025)Yonatan Kahn · Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory5 papers (2016–2021)Mariangela Lisanti · Princeton University5 papers (2015–2020)Malte Buschmann · Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz5 papers (2018–2025)Siddharth Mishra-Sharma · New York University5 papers (2015–2020) · 3 papers (2019–2021)Tim Linden · Stockholm University3 papers (2016–2022)Chiara P. Salemi · Massachusetts Institute of Technology3 papers (2019–2021)Tracy R. Slatyer · Massachusetts Institute of Technology3 papers (2016–2018)Jesse Thaler · Massachusetts Institute of Technology3 papers (2016–2019)Jonathan Ouellet · Massachusetts Institute of Technology3 papers (2019–2021)Yotam Soreq · Massachusetts Institute of Technology3 papers (2016–2022)L. A. Winslow · Massachusetts Institute of Technology3 papers (2019–2021)Daniel Winklehner · Massachusetts Institute of Technology2 papers (2019–2019)A. Radovinsky · Massachusetts Institute of Technology2 papers (2019–2019)J. A. Formaggio · Massachusetts Institute of Technology2 papers (2019–2019)J. M. Conrad · Stockholm University2 papers (2019–2019)Christopher Dessert · New York University2 papers (2021–2024)Laura Chang · Dana-Farber Cancer Institute2 papers (2020–2020)
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