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Peccei-Quinn-like symmetries for nonabelian axions

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2021-04-28 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Axions were first introduced in connection with chiral symmetry but are now being looked for mainly as dark matter. In this paper we introduce a nonabelian analogue of axions which can also be potential candidates for dark matter. Their nonabelian symmetries, which are generalizations of the Peccei-Quinn symmetry, are interesting in their own right. Detailed analysis, using fermion measure and zeta function approaches shows that these symmetries are not anomalous.

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@article{arxiv.2104.13200,
  title  = {Peccei-Quinn-like symmetries for nonabelian axions},
  author = {Debashis Chatterjee and P. Mitra},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.13200},
  year   = {2021}
}