English

Open String Axiverse

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2025-03-21 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Localized charged fields are a general feature of many realistic string compactifications. In four dimensions they can lead to a multitude of perturbatively-exact global symmetries. If spontaneously broken, they generate a new axiverse compatible with post-inflationary evolutions.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.2503.16387,
  title  = {Open String Axiverse},
  author = {Rudin Petrossian-Byrne and Giovanni Villadoro},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.16387},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

26 pages, 7 figures

R2 v1 2026-06-28T22:28:35.553Z