Multiple Axions Save High-Scale Inflation

Abstract

Many models of dark matter QCD axion requires inflation at a scale $H_{\text{inf}}\lesssim 10^6$~GeV and hence does not allow for a detectable tensor mode fluctuation. This is because the domain wall problem forces the Peccei--Quinn symmetry to be broken during the inflation and the axions to be produced by the misalignment mechanism. We point out that theories with multiple axions can evade this constraint and allow for a high-scale inflation with detectable tensor mode. It only requires a condition on the anomaly coefficients so that there is a unique minimum for the axion potential without a fine-tuning or small parameters.

18 pages, 5 figures

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