4 papers
Probing CP Violation in Photon Self-Interactions with Cavities
Marco Gorghetto, Gilad Perez, Inbar Savoray +1
In this paper we study CP violation in photon self-interactions at low energy. These interactions, mediated by the effective operator , where () is the…
Observing Invisible Axions with Gravitational Waves
Marco Gorghetto, Edward Hardy, Horia Nicolaescu
If the Peccei-Quinn symmetry associated to an axion has ever been restored after inflation, axion strings inevitably produce a contribution to the stochastic gravitational wave bac…
More Axions from Strings
Marco Gorghetto, Edward Hardy, Giovanni Villadoro
We study the contribution to the QCD axion dark matter abundance that is produced by string defects during the so-called scaling regime. Clear evidence of scaling violations is fou…
Axions from Strings: the Attractive Solution
Marco Gorghetto, Edward Hardy, Giovanni Villadoro
We study the system of axion strings that forms in the early Universe if the Peccei-Quinn symmetry is restored after inflation. Using numerical simulations, we establish the existe…