Finite modular axion and radiative moduli stabilization

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Main Authors: Higaki, Tetsutaro, Kawamura, Junichiro, Kobayashi, Tatsuo
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author Higaki, Tetsutaro
Kawamura, Junichiro
Kobayashi, Tatsuo
author_facet Higaki, Tetsutaro
Kawamura, Junichiro
Kobayashi, Tatsuo
contents We propose a simple setup which can stabilize a modulus field of the finite modular symmetry by the Coleman-Weinberg potential. Our scenario leads to a large hierarchy suppressing instanton-like corrections $e^{2πiτ}$ and to a light axion identified as $\mathrm{Re} τ$, where $τ$ is the modulus field. This stabilization mechanism provides the axion solution to the strong CP problem. The potential has a minimum at a large $\mathrm{Im}τ$ which suppresses explicit $U(1)_{\mathrm{PQ}}$ violation terms proportional to $e^{-2π{\mathrm{Im}τ}}$, and hence the quality of the axion is ensured by the residual symmetry associated with the $T$-transformation, $τ\to τ+1$, around the fixed point $τ\sim i\infty$.
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spellingShingle Finite modular axion and radiative moduli stabilization
Higaki, Tetsutaro
Kawamura, Junichiro
Kobayashi, Tatsuo
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
High Energy Physics - Theory
We propose a simple setup which can stabilize a modulus field of the finite modular symmetry by the Coleman-Weinberg potential. Our scenario leads to a large hierarchy suppressing instanton-like corrections $e^{2πiτ}$ and to a light axion identified as $\mathrm{Re} τ$, where $τ$ is the modulus field. This stabilization mechanism provides the axion solution to the strong CP problem. The potential has a minimum at a large $\mathrm{Im}τ$ which suppresses explicit $U(1)_{\mathrm{PQ}}$ violation terms proportional to $e^{-2π{\mathrm{Im}τ}}$, and hence the quality of the axion is ensured by the residual symmetry associated with the $T$-transformation, $τ\to τ+1$, around the fixed point $τ\sim i\infty$.
title Finite modular axion and radiative moduli stabilization
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.02071