3 papers
hep-ph2025
Suppression of scalar perturbations due to a heavy axion
Kai-Ge Zhang, Jian-Feng He, Chengjie Fu +1
A fast-rolling axion can transfer its kinetic energy to gauge fields via the Chern-Simons coupling, leading to copious production of gauge quanta during inflation. The amplified ga…
hep-ph2025
Gravitational Waves from Gauge Quanta Produced during Inflation
Kai-Ge Zhang, Jian-Feng He, Chengjie Fu +1
A fast-rolling axion can transfer its kinetic energy to a gauge field via the Chern-Simons coupling, leading to copious production of gauge quanta, which can act as a source of gra…
hep-ph2025
Strong backreaction of gauge quanta produced during inflation
Jian-Feng He, Kai-Ge Zhang, Chengjie Fu +1
During inflation an axion field coupled to a gauge field through a Chern-Simons term can trigger the production of gauge quanta due to a tachyonic instability. The amplification of…