Dynamical axion misalignment from the Witten effect

Abstract We propose a relaxation mechanism for the initial misalignment angle of the pre-inflationary QCD axion with a large decay constant. The proposal addresses the challenges posed to the axion dark matter scenario by an overabundance of axions overclosing the Universe, as well as by isocurvatur...

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Main Authors: Abhishek Banerjee, Manuel A. Buen-Abad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2025-02-01
Series:Journal of High Energy Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2025)078
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