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| author | Yin, Xiangwei Bian, Ligong |
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| contents | We investigate the phenomenology induced by generic PQ-breaking operators within the axion kinetic misalignment framework. We analyze their impact on the relic density of axion dark matter (DM), the PQ quality problem, axion-mediated fifth-force, as well as Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) and Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) constraints. A nonzero initial axion velocity gives rise to brief periods of early matter domination and axion kinetic domination, leading to a nonstandard cosmological evolution. We compute the resulting gravitational wave (GW) signal from global cosmic strings and find that, because these nonstandard epochs are extremely short, the signal is highly suppressed and beyond the reach of existing experiments. Finally, we perform a parameter space scan, identify the regions and benchmark point that are consistent with all experimental constraints. |
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| spellingShingle | The phenomenon of the axion kinetic misalignment with a generic PQ-breaking operator Yin, Xiangwei Bian, Ligong High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena We investigate the phenomenology induced by generic PQ-breaking operators within the axion kinetic misalignment framework. We analyze their impact on the relic density of axion dark matter (DM), the PQ quality problem, axion-mediated fifth-force, as well as Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) and Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) constraints. A nonzero initial axion velocity gives rise to brief periods of early matter domination and axion kinetic domination, leading to a nonstandard cosmological evolution. We compute the resulting gravitational wave (GW) signal from global cosmic strings and find that, because these nonstandard epochs are extremely short, the signal is highly suppressed and beyond the reach of existing experiments. Finally, we perform a parameter space scan, identify the regions and benchmark point that are consistent with all experimental constraints. |
| title | The phenomenon of the axion kinetic misalignment with a generic PQ-breaking operator |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.10375 |