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Sign-Flipping Axion Potentials via Kapitza-Type Modulation by Heavy Axions
Kai Murai, Fuminobu Takahashi, Kosei Tomiyama
We show that the potential of a light axion can flip sign, or even nearly vanish, as a result of coherent oscillations of a heavier axion with which it mixes. This phenomenon is an…
Dynamical Prevention of Topological Defect Formation
Junseok Lee, Kai Murai, Kazunori Nakayama +1
Topological defects can have significant cosmological consequences, so their production must be examined carefully. It is usually assumed that topological defects are produced if t…
Resolving the QCD Axion Domain Wall Problem with a Light Axion
Junseok Lee, Kai Murai, Fuminobu Takahashi +1
We propose two novel solutions to the domain wall problem of the QCD axion by introducing a massless or light axion that also couples to gluons. The first solution applies when the…
Q-balls Under Spontaneously Broken U(1) Symmetry
Masahiro Kawasaki, Kai Murai, Fuminobu Takahashi
We study the evolution of Q-balls under a spontaneously broken global symmetry. Q-balls are stabilized by the conservation of charge, but when the symmetry is spontan…
Why ? Anthropic Selection in a + Axion Dark Energy Model
Kai Murai, Fuminobu Takahashi
We study a dark energy model composed of a bare negative cosmological constant and a single ultra-light axion, motivated by the string axiverse. Assuming that intelligent observers…
Isotropic cosmic birefringence from string axion domain walls without cosmic strings, and DESI results
Junseok Lee, Kai Murai, Fuminobu Takahashi +1
Recently, results from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) DR6 have shown a preference for isotropic cosmic birefringence, consistent with previous analyses based on Planck and W…
Primordial Black Hole Formation via Inverted Bubble Collapse
Kai Murai, Kodai Sakurai, Fuminobu Takahashi
We propose a novel mechanism of primordial black hole (PBH) formation through inverted bubble collapse. In this scenario, bubbles nucleate sparsely in an incomplete first-order pha…