Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2000-08-14
Phys.Rev. D62 (2000) 095013
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.62.095013
Flaton models of Peccei-Quinn symmetry have good particle physics motivation, and are likely to cause thermal inflation leading to a well-defined cosmology. They can solve the $\mu$ problem, and generate viable neutrino masses. Canonical flaton models predict an axion decay constant F_a of order 10^{10} GeV and generic flaton models give F_a of order 10^9 GeV as required by observation. The axion is a good candidate for cold dark matter in all cases, because its density is diluted by flaton decay if F_a is bigger than 10^{12} GeV. In addition to the dark matter axions, a population of relativistic axions is produced by flaton decay, which at nucleosynthesis is equivalent to some number \delta N_\nu of extra neutrino species. Focussing on the canonical model, containing three flaton particles and two flatinos, we evaluate all of the flaton-flatino-axion interactions and the corresponding axionic decay rates. They are compared with the dominant hadronic decay rates, for both DFSZ and KSVZ models. These formulas provide the basis for a precise calculation of the equivalent \delta N_\nu in terms of the parameters (masses and couplings). The KSVZ case is probably already ruled out by the existing bound \delta N_\nu\lsim 1. The DFSZ case is allowed in a significant region of parameter space, and will provide a possible explanation for any future detection of nonzero $\delta N_\nu$.
Chun Eung Jin
Comelli Denis
Lyth David H.
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