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Heavy QCD axion dark matter from avoided level crossing

Jun 7, 2023

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Phys.Rev.D 108 (2023) 9, L091703

Published: Nov 1, 2023

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2306.04678 [hep-ph]

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10.1103/PhysRevD.108.L091703 (publication)

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The QCD axion offers a natural resolution to the strong-

C P

problem and provides a compelling dark matter candidate. If the QCD axion constitutes all the dark matter, the simplest models pick out a narrow range of masses around

100 μ eV

. We point out a natural production mechanism for QCD axion dark matter at masses up to existing astrophysical bounds [

O (20 meV)

for the most minimal models and

O (1 eV)

for nucleophobic models]. If the QCD axion mixes with a sterile axion, the relative temperature dependence of their potentials can lead to an avoided level crossing of their mass eigenstates. This leads to a near-total transfer of energy density from the sterile axion to the QCD axion, resulting in a late-time QCD axion abundance sufficient to make up all of present-day dark matter. Our result provides additional theoretical motivation for several direct detection experiments that will probe this part of parameter space in the near future.

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6 pages, 2 figures, matches published version

quantum chromodynamics: axion
axion: dark matter
strong interaction: CP
up: mass
energy: density
crossing
axion: mass
numerical calculations
sterile
resolution

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