Stabilizing the Axion by Discrete Gauge Symmetries

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2002-12-23

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0212339v1

Phys.Lett. B560 (2003) 214-222

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

14 pages LateX

Scientific paper

10.1016/S0370-2693(03)00411-8

The axion solution to the strong CP problem makes use of a global Peccei-Quinn U(1) symmetry which is susceptible to violations from quantum gravitational effects. We show how discrete gauge symmetries can protect the axion from such violations. PQ symmetry emerges as an approximate global symmetry from discrete gauge symmetries. Simple models based on Z_N symmetries with N =11,12, etc are presented realizing the DFSZ axion and the KSVZ axion. The discrete gauge anomalies are cancelled by a discrete version of the Green-Schwarz mechanism. In the supersymmetric extension our models provide a natural link between the SUSY breaking scale, the axion scale, and the SUSY-preserving \mu term.

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