New scenario of QCD axion clump formation. Part I. Linear analysis

DOI10.1088/1475-7516/2022/03/039MaRDI QIDQ5099203zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Naoya Kitajima, Kazuhiro Kogai, Yuko Urakawa

Publication date 31 August 2022

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.05785

zbMATH Keywords

axionsphysics of the early universe

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Cluster sets, prime ends, boundary behavior (30D40) Perturbations in context of PDEs (35B20) Methods of global Riemannian geometry, including PDE methods; curvature restrictions (53C21) Strong interaction, including quantum chromodynamics (81V05) Other elementary particle theory in quantum theory (81V25) Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26) Geometrodynamics and the holographic principle (83E05) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Abstract: The QCD axion acquires the potential through the non-perturbative effect of the QCD matters around the QCD phase transition. During this period, the direct interaction between the axion and the QCD matters sets in. Focusing on the impact of this direct interaction, we propose two scenarios where the fluctuation of the axion can rapidly grow, potentially leading to the formation of axion miniclusters even if the Peccei-Quinn (PQ) symmetry was already broken during inflation. The first scenario assumes that the primordial curvature perturbation at the horizon scale during the QCD epoch was significantly enhanced and the second one assumes that the initial misalignment was tuned around the hilltop of the potential.

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