More Axion Stars from Strings

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Main Authors: Gorghetto, Marco, Hardy, Edward, Villadoro, Giovanni
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Published: 2024
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author Gorghetto, Marco
Hardy, Edward
Villadoro, Giovanni
author_facet Gorghetto, Marco
Hardy, Edward
Villadoro, Giovanni
contents We show that if dark matter consists of QCD axions in the post-inflationary scenario more than ten percent of it efficiently collapses into Bose stars at matter-radiation equality. Such a result is mostly independent of the present uncertainties on the axion mass. This large population of solitons, with asteroid masses and Earth-Moon distance sizes, might plausibly survive until today, with potentially interesting implications for phenomenology and experimental searches.
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spellingShingle More Axion Stars from Strings
Gorghetto, Marco
Hardy, Edward
Villadoro, Giovanni
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Theory
We show that if dark matter consists of QCD axions in the post-inflationary scenario more than ten percent of it efficiently collapses into Bose stars at matter-radiation equality. Such a result is mostly independent of the present uncertainties on the axion mass. This large population of solitons, with asteroid masses and Earth-Moon distance sizes, might plausibly survive until today, with potentially interesting implications for phenomenology and experimental searches.
title More Axion Stars from Strings
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.19389