Cosmology with Light Axions from Technicolor
arXiv:hep-ph/0607111 · doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2007.01.023
Abstract
We consider cosmological consequences of the spontaneous breaking of a global symmetry that is anomalous under technicolor interactions, leading to the emergence of a light axion-like particle. Avoiding overclosure of the universe by such axions yields the upper bound $f_a \lsim 10^{10}$ GeV on the symmetry breaking scale, corresponding to keV-scale axions. However, diffuse x-ray background data typically require larger values of . The overclosure and x-ray bounds can be reconciled if the axion initial amplitude of oscillations . In this case, a viable axionic dark matter candidate with a mass in the 50-100 eV range emerges. The detection of this type of dark matter may pose a challenge.
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