Spectrum of radiation from axion strings

Abstract

In the wide variety of axion cosmologies in which axion strings form, their radiative decay is the dominant mechanism for the production of axions, imposing a tight constraint on the axion mass. Here, we focus on the mechanism by which axions are produced in this scenario and, in particular, the key issue of the axion spectrum emitted by an evolving network of strings.

to be published in the proceedings of the 5th IFT Workshop on Axions

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