QCD Axion Dark Matter with a Small Decay Constant
Abstract
The QCD axion is a good dark matter candidate. The observed dark matter abundance can arise from misalignment or defect mechanisms, which generically require an axion decay constant fa ~ O(1011) GeV (or higher). We introduce a new cosmological origin for axion dark matter, parametric resonance from oscillations of the Peccei-Quinn symmetry breaking field, that requires fa ~ (108–1011) GeV. The axions may be warm enough to give deviations from cold dark matter in large scale structure.
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
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- 1438516
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- OSTI ID: 1461154
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- AC02-05CH11231
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- Physical Review Letters
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- Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Volume: 120 Journal Issue: 21; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
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- American Physical Society
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- United States
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- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
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Co, Raymond T., Hall, Lawrence J., and Harigaya, Keisuke. QCD Axion Dark Matter with a Small Decay Constant. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.211602.
Co, Raymond T., Hall, Lawrence J., & Harigaya, Keisuke. QCD Axion Dark Matter with a Small Decay Constant. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.211602
Co, Raymond T., Hall, Lawrence J., and Harigaya, Keisuke. Wed .
"QCD Axion Dark Matter with a Small Decay Constant". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.211602.
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title = {QCD Axion Dark Matter with a Small Decay Constant},
author = {Co, Raymond T. and Hall, Lawrence J. and Harigaya, Keisuke},
abstractNote = {The QCD axion is a good dark matter candidate. The observed dark matter abundance can arise from misalignment or defect mechanisms, which generically require an axion decay constant fa ~ O(1011) GeV (or higher). We introduce a new cosmological origin for axion dark matter, parametric resonance from oscillations of the Peccei-Quinn symmetry breaking field, that requires fa ~ (108–1011) GeV. The axions may be warm enough to give deviations from cold dark matter in large scale structure.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.211602},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 21,
volume = 120,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed May 23 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Wed May 23 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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