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The type IIB string axiverse and its low-energy phenomenology
We study closed string axions in type IIB orientifold compactifications. We show that for natural values of the background fluxes the moduli stabilisation mechanism of the LARGE Volume Scenario (LVS) gives rise to an axiverse characterised by the presence of a QCD axion plus many light axion-like pa...
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Acceso en línea: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2012)146 http://cds.cern.ch/record/1454730 |
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author | Cicoli, Michele Goodsell, Mark Ringwald, Andreas |
author_facet | Cicoli, Michele Goodsell, Mark Ringwald, Andreas |
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description | We study closed string axions in type IIB orientifold compactifications. We show that for natural values of the background fluxes the moduli stabilisation mechanism of the LARGE Volume Scenario (LVS) gives rise to an axiverse characterised by the presence of a QCD axion plus many light axion-like particles whose masses are logarithmically hierarchical. We study the phenomenological features of the LVS axiverse, deriving the masses of the axions and their couplings to matter and gauge fields. We also determine when closed string axions can solve the strong CP problem, and analyse the first explicit examples of semi-realistic models with stable moduli and a QCD axion candidate which is not eaten by an anomalous Abelian gauge boson. We discuss the impact of the choice of inflationary scenario on the LVS axiverse, and summarise the astrophysical, cosmological and experimental constraints upon it. Moreover, we show how models can be constructed with additional light axion-like particles that could explain some intriguing astrophysical anomalies, and could be searched for in the next generation of axion helioscopes and light-shining-through-a-wall experiments. |
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spelling | cern-14547302023-10-04T06:04:09Zdoi:10.1007/JHEP10(2012)146http://cds.cern.ch/record/1454730engCicoli, MicheleGoodsell, MarkRingwald, AndreasThe type IIB string axiverse and its low-energy phenomenologyParticle Physics - TheoryWe study closed string axions in type IIB orientifold compactifications. We show that for natural values of the background fluxes the moduli stabilisation mechanism of the LARGE Volume Scenario (LVS) gives rise to an axiverse characterised by the presence of a QCD axion plus many light axion-like particles whose masses are logarithmically hierarchical. We study the phenomenological features of the LVS axiverse, deriving the masses of the axions and their couplings to matter and gauge fields. We also determine when closed string axions can solve the strong CP problem, and analyse the first explicit examples of semi-realistic models with stable moduli and a QCD axion candidate which is not eaten by an anomalous Abelian gauge boson. We discuss the impact of the choice of inflationary scenario on the LVS axiverse, and summarise the astrophysical, cosmological and experimental constraints upon it. Moreover, we show how models can be constructed with additional light axion-like particles that could explain some intriguing astrophysical anomalies, and could be searched for in the next generation of axion helioscopes and light-shining-through-a-wall experiments.We study closed string axions in type IIB orientifold compactifications. We show that for natural values of the background fluxes the moduli stabilisation mechanism of the LARGE Volume Scenario (LVS) gives rise to an axiverse characterised by the presence of a QCD axion plus many light axion-like particles whose masses are logarithmically hierarchical. We study the phenomenological features of the LVS axiverse, deriving the masses of the axions and their couplings to matter and gauge fields. We also determine when closed string axions can solve the strong CP problem, and analyse the first explicit examples of semi-realistic models with stable moduli and a QCD axion candidate which is not eaten by an anomalous Abelian gauge boson. We discuss the impact of the choice of inflationary scenario on the LVS axiverse, and summarise the astrophysical, cosmological and experimental constraints upon it. Moreover, we show how models can be constructed with additional light axion-like particles that could explain some intriguing astrophysical anomalies, and could be searched for in the next generation of axion helioscopes and light-shining-through-a-wall experiments.arXiv:1206.0819DESY-12-058CERN-PH-TH-2012-153CERN-PH-TH-2012-153oai:cds.cern.ch:14547302012-06-06 |
spellingShingle | Particle Physics - Theory Cicoli, Michele Goodsell, Mark Ringwald, Andreas The type IIB string axiverse and its low-energy phenomenology |
title | The type IIB string axiverse and its low-energy phenomenology |
title_full | The type IIB string axiverse and its low-energy phenomenology |
title_fullStr | The type IIB string axiverse and its low-energy phenomenology |
title_full_unstemmed | The type IIB string axiverse and its low-energy phenomenology |
title_short | The type IIB string axiverse and its low-energy phenomenology |
title_sort | type iib string axiverse and its low-energy phenomenology |
topic | Particle Physics - Theory |
url | https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2012)146 http://cds.cern.ch/record/1454730 |
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