Runaway relaxion monodromy

DOI10.1007/JHEP02(2018)124MaRDI QIDQ1748807zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Pedro Schwaller, G. Servant, John Stout, Alexander Westphal, Liam Mcallister

Publication date 14 May 2018

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.05320

zbMATH Keywords

discrete symmetrieseffective field theoriesflux compactifications

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

Abstract: We examine the relaxion mechanism in string theory. An essential feature is that an axion winds over $Ngg1$ fundamental periods. In string theory realizations via axion monodromy, this winding number corresponds to a physical charge carried by branes or fluxes. We show that this monodromy charge backreacts on the compact space, ruining the structure of the relaxion action. In particular, the barriers generated by strong gauge dynamics have height $propto{e}^{-N}$, so the relaxion does not stop when the Higgs acquires a vev. Backreaction of monodromy charge can therefore spoil the relaxion mechanism. We comment on the limitations of technical naturalness arguments in this context.

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