Ruling out light axions: The writing is on the wall

We revisit the domain wall problem for QCD axion models with more than one quark charged under the Peccei-Quinn symmetry. Symmetry breaking during or after inflation results in the formation of a domain wall network which would cause cosmic catastrophe if it comes to dominate the Universe. The netwo...

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Main Author: Konstantin A. Beyer, Subir Sarkar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SciPost 2023-07-01
Series:SciPost Physics
Online Access:https://scipost.org/SciPostPhys.15.1.003