Superradiance in string theory

DOI10.1088/1475-7516/2021/07/033MaRDI QIDQ5029550zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors V. M. Mehta, Mehmet Demirtas, Cody Long, David Marsh, Liam Mcallister, Matthew J. Stott

Publication date 14 February 2022

Published in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.06812

zbMATH Keywords

astrophysical black holesaxionsdark matter theorystring theory and cosmology

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of vector bundles and moduli spaces in mathematical physics (twistor theory, instantons, quantum field theory) (14D21) Calabi-Yau manifolds (algebro-geometric aspects) (14J32) Flows related to complex manifolds (e.g., Kähler-Ricci flows, Chern-Ricci flows) (53E30) Other elementary particle theory in quantum theory (81V25) Dark matter and dark energy (83C56) Black holes (83C57) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Abstract: We perform an extensive analysis of the statistics of axion masses and interactions in compactifications of type IIB string theory, and we show that black hole superradiance excludes some regions of Calabi-Yau moduli space. Regardless of the cosmological model, a theory with an axion whose mass falls in a superradiant band can be probed by the measured properties of astrophysical black holes, unless the axion self-interaction is large enough to disrupt formation of a condensate. We study a large ensemble of compactifications on Calabi-Yau hypersurfaces, with $1leq{h}^{1,1}leq491$ closed string axions, and determine whether the superradiance conditions on the masses and self-interactions are fulfilled. The axion mass spectrum is largely determined by the K"ahler parameters, for mild assumptions about the contributing instantons, and takes a nearly-universal form when $h^{1,1}gg1$. When the K"ahler moduli are taken at the tip of the stretched K"ahler cone, the fraction of geometries excluded initially grows with $h^{1,1}$, to a maximum of $approx0.5$ at $h^{1,1}approx160$, and then falls for larger $h^{1,1}$. Further inside the K"ahler cone, the superradiance constraints are far weaker, but for $h^{1,1}gg100$ the decay constants are so small that these geometries may be in tension with astrophysical bounds, depending on the realization of the Standard Model.

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