Adiabatic suppression of the axion abundance and isocurvature due to coupling to hidden monopoles

DOI10.1007/JHEP01(2018)053zbMATH Open1384.85004arXiv1708.06047OpenAlexW2749148953MaRDI QIDQ1745474FDOQ1745474

Authors: Masahiro Kawasaki, Fuminobu Takahashi, Masaki Yamada 

Publication date: 17 April 2018

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The string theory predicts many light fields called moduli and axions, which cause a cosmological problem due to the overproduction of their coherent oscillation after inflation. One of the prominent solutions is an adiabatic suppression mechanism, which, however, is non-trivial to achieve in the case of axions because it necessitates a large effective mass term which decreases as a function of time. The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, we provide an analytic method to calculate the cosmological abundance of coherent oscillation in a general situation under the adiabatic suppression mechanism. Secondly, we apply our method to some concrete examples, including the one where a string axion acquires a large effective mass due to the Witten effect in the presence of hidden monopoles.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1708.06047

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zbMATH Keywords

beyond standard modelcosmology of theories beyond the SMsolitons monopoles and instantons

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Soliton equations (35Q51) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Astrophysical cosmology (85A40)

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