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Axion Cosmology with a Stronger QCD in the Early Universe

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-06-25 v1 Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We examine in the context of supersymmetric models whether the usual cosmological upper bound on the axion decay constant can be relaxed by assuming a period of stronger QCD in the early universe. By evaluating the axion potential in the early universe and also taking into account the dilaton potential energy, it is argued that a stronger QCD is not useful for raising up the bound.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9606372,
  title  = {Axion Cosmology with a Stronger QCD in the Early Universe},
  author = {Kiwoon Choi and Hang Bae Kim and Jihn E. Kim},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9606372},
  year   = {2015}
}

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23 pages, ReVTeX, 2 JPEG figures