Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
1995-02-21
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
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Scientific paper
If axions exist they are efficiently produced in the hot and dense interior of stars, providing a novel energy-loss mechanism. In order to avoid a conflict with the observed properties of stars, one can derive a lower limit on the Peccei-Quinn scale (an upper limit on the axion mass). In the early universe, axions are produced by the ``misalignment mechanism'' and the emission from global strings as well as the relaxation of the string-domain wall system formed at the QCD phase transition. In order to avoid an ``overclosed universe'' the Peccei-Quinn scale must obey an upper limit (a lower limit on the axion mass). The current values of these bounds are reviewed. There remains a ``window of opportunity'' $10^{-5}\,\eV\lapprox m_a\lapprox 10^{-2}\,\eV$, with large uncertainties on either side, where axions could still exist. [Contribution to the XVth Moriond workshop, 21-28 Jan. 1995, Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland.]
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