Cosmology with light axions from technicolor |
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Authors: | Hooman Davoudiasl |
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Affiliation: | Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA |
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Abstract: | We consider cosmological consequences of the spontaneous breaking of a global symmetry that is anomalous under technicolor interactions, leading to the emergence of a light axion-like particle. Avoiding overclosure of the universe by such axions yields the upper bound fa?1010 GeV on the symmetry breaking scale, corresponding to keV-scale axions. However, diffuse X-ray background data typically require larger values of fa. The overclosure and X-ray bounds can be reconciled if the axion initial amplitude of oscillations Ai∼fa/10. In this case, a viable axionic dark matter candidate with a mass in the 50–100 eV range emerges. The detection of this type of dark matter may pose a challenge. |
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