Cosmology with Light Axions from Technicolor

dc.creatorDavoudiasl, Hooman
dc.date2006-07-10
dc.date2006-10-26
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:05:13Z
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dc.descriptionWe consider cosmological consequences of the spontaneous breaking of a global symmetry that is anomalous under technicolor interactions, leading to the emergence of a light axion-like particle. Avoiding overclosure of the universe by such axions yields the upper bound $f_a \lsim 10^{10}$ GeV on the symmetry breaking scale, corresponding to keV-scale axions. However, diffuse x-ray background data typically require larger values of $f_a$. The overclosure and x-ray bounds can be reconciled if the axion initial amplitude of oscillations $A_i \sim f_a/10$. In this case, a viable axionic dark matter candidate with a mass in the 50-100 eV range emerges. The detection of this type of dark matter may pose a challenge.
dc.descriptionRevTex, 5 pages. Expanded and modified abstract and introduction, results and conclusions unchanged
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0607111
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0607111
dc.identifierPhys.Lett.B646:172-176,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/j.physletb.2007.01.023
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/189138
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleCosmology with Light Axions from Technicolor
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