Resurrecting low-mass axion dark matter via a dynamical QCD scale

Heurtier, Lucien; Huang, Fei; Tait, Tim M.P.

doi:10.1007/jhep12(2021)216

Resurrecting low-mass axion dark matter via a dynamical QCD scale

Journal Article · Wed Dec 29 00:00:00 EST 2021 · Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep12(2021)216· OSTI ID:1976604

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University of Durham (United Kingdom); Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States)
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China); University of California, Irvine, CA (United States)
University of California, Irvine, CA (United States)

In the framework where the strong coupling is dynamical, the QCD sector may confine at a much higher temperature than it would in the Standard Model, and the temperature-dependent mass of the QCD axion evolves in a non-trivial way. We find that, depending on the evolution of Λ_QCD, the axion field may undergo multiple distinct phases of damping and oscillation leading generically to a suppression of its relic abundance. Such a suppression could therefore open up a wide range of parameter space, resurrecting in particular axion dark-matter models with a large Peccei-Quinn scale f_a $$\gg$$ 10¹² GeV, i.e., with a lighter mass than the standard QCD axion.

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Research Organization:: University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States); University of California, Irvine, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Chinese Academy of Sciences; National Natural Science Foundation of China; National Science Foundation (NSF); Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC); USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0009913

OSTI ID:: 1976604

Journal Information:: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online), Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online) Journal Issue: 12 Vol. 2021; ISSN 1029-8479

Publisher:: Springer NatureCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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