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Title: Gravitational waves and dark photon dark matter from axion rotations

Journal Article · · Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
ORCiD logo [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States); University of Minnesota
  2. Inst. for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ (United States); European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva (Switzerland)
  3. Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)

An axion rotating in field space can produce dark photons in the early universe via tachyonic instability. This explosive particle production creates a background of stochastic gravitational waves that may be visible at pulsar timing arrays or other gravitational wave detectors. This scenario provides a novel history for dark photon dark matter. The dark photons may be warm at a level detectable in future 21-cm line surveys. For a consistent cosmology, the radial direction of the complex field containing the axion must be thermalized. We explore a concrete thermalization mechanism in detail and also demonstrate how this setup can be responsible for the generation of the observed baryon asymmetry.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States); Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0007859; SC0011842; SC0019225
OSTI ID:
1837523
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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