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From Axions to Other WISPs

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-10-20 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We illustrate, taking a top-down point of view, how axions and other very weakly interacting sub-eV particles (WISPs) arise in the course of compactification of the extra spatial dimensions in string/M-theory.

Cite

@article{arxiv.0810.3106,
  title  = {From Axions to Other WISPs},
  author = {Andreas Ringwald},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0810.3106},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

4 pages, 1 figure, contribution to 4th Patras Workshop on Axions, WIMPs and WISPs, DESY, Hamburg Site/Germany, 18-21 June 2008

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