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Unifying inflation and dark matter with the Peccei-Quinn field: observable axions and observable tensors | | Malcolm Fairbairn
; Robert Hogan
; David J. E. Marsh
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7 Oct 2014 | | Abstract: | A model of high scale inflation is presented where the radial part of the
Peccei-Quinn (PQ) field with a non-minimal coupling to gravity plays the role
of the inflaton, and the QCD axion is the dark matter. A quantum fluctuation of
$mathcal{O}(H/2pi)$ in the axion field will result in a smaller angular
fluctuation if the PQ field is sitting at a larger radius during inflation than
in the vacuum. This changes the effective axion decay constant, $f_a$, during
inflation and dramatically reduces the production of isocurvature modes. This
mechanism opens up a new window in parameter space where an axion decay
constant in the range $10^{12} ext{ GeV}lesssim f_alesssim 10^{15} ext{
GeV}$ is compatible with observably large $r$. The exact range allowed for
$f_a$ depends on the efficiency of reheating. This model also predicts a
minimum possible value of $r=10^{-3}$. The new window can be explored by a
measurement of $r$ possible with extsc{Spider} and the proposed CASPEr
experiment search for high $f_a$ axions. | | Source: | arXiv, 1410.1752 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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