A Lighter QCD Axion from Anarchy
arXiv:2301.08760 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.108.L031701
Abstract
We introduce the Anarchic Axion, a class of axion models which solves the Strong CP problem within current nEDM constraints with a lighter than usual QCD axion, thus populating new parameter space that ongoing and future experiments target. The Anarchic Axion is driven light by a soft breaking of the Peccei-Quinn symmetry, which also predicts a residual neutron electric dipole moment. We introduce a novel measure to quantify the tuning required for large deviations from the usual QCD axion band. In addition to motivating searches for unusually light axions, this work establishes a new target for axion effective field theory.
arXiv comment5+2 pages. 3 figures. 1 table. v2: minor comments added, version published in Phys. Rev. D Letters
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