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The standard model axion seesaw Higgs portal inflation (SMASH) model is a well motivated, self-contained description of particle physics over a range of energy scales that predicts axion dark matter particles to exist within the mass range…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-07-12 Aaron P. Quiskamp , Ben T. McAllister , Paul Altin , Eugene N. Ivanov , Maxim Goryachev , Michael E. Tobar

We propose an approach to search for axion dark matter with a specially designed superconducting radio frequency cavity, targeting axions with masses $m_a \lesssim 10^{-6} \text{ eV}$. Our approach exploits axion-induced transitions between…

We present a minimal Grand Unified Theory model, based on $SU(5)$ gauge symmetry and a global $U(1)$ Peccei-Quinn symmetry, that predicts the existence of an ultralight axion dark matter within a narrow mass range of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-08-02 Stefan Antusch , Ilja Doršner , Kevin Hinze , Shaikh Saad

We introduce and study a model designed to simultaneously shed light on the mysteries connected with Baryogenesis, Dark Matter and Dark Energy. The model describes a self-interacting complex axion field whose imaginary part, a pseudo-scalar…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-04-21 Robert Brandenberger , Jürg Fröhlich

A number of proposed and ongoing experiments search for axion dark matter with a mass nearing the limit set by small scale structure (${\cal O} ( 10 ^{ - 21 } {\rm eV} ) $). We consider the late universe cosmology of these models, showing…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-01-11 Jeff A. Dror , Jacob M. Leedom

Terrestrial searches for the conversion of dark matter axions or axion-like particles into photons inside magnetic fields are sensitive to the phase space structure of the local Milky Way halo. We simulate signals in a hypothetical future…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-29 Ciaran A. J. O'Hare , Anne M. Green

We search for dark matter in the form of axionlike particles (ALPs) in the mass range $5.576741 \,\mathrm{neV/c^2}$ - $5.577733\,\mathrm{neV/c^2}$ by probing their possible coupling to fermion spins through the ALP field gradient. This is…

Axions and dark photons are common in many extensions of the Standard Model. The dark axion portal -- an axion coupling to the dark photon and photon -- can significantly modify their phenomenology. We study the cosmological constraints on…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-04-01 Heejoung Hong , Ui Min , Minho Son , Tevong You

We discuss relaxation solutions to the dark matter - baryon coincidence problem in the context of QCD axion dark matter. In relaxation solutions, a moduli dynamically adjusts the mass of dark matter and baryons until their energy densities…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-10-31 Abhishek Banerjee , Dawid Brzeminski , Anson Hook

The EDGES Collaboration has reported an anomalously strong 21cm absorption feature corresponding to the era of first star formation, which may indirectly betray the influence of dark matter during this epoch. We demonstrate that, by virtue…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-09-19 Nick Houston , Chuang Li , Tianjun Li , Qiaoli Yang , Xin Zhang

The current cosmological constraints on a dark matter axion are reviewed. We describe the basic mechanisms by which axions are created in the early universe, both in the standard thermal scenario in which axion strings form and in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-26 E. P. S. Shellard , R. A. Battye

The axion is arguably one of the best motivated candidates for dark matter. For a decay constant greater than about 10^9 GeV, axions are dominantly produced non-thermally in the early universe and hence are "cold", their velocity dispersion…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-12-30 Andreas Ringwald

Axions are considered as a candidate of dark matter. The axions form coherent clouds which delay and amplify gravitational waves (GWs) at a resonant frequency. That is, the coherent axion clouds produce secondary GWs following a primary…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-05-24 Takuya Tsutsui , Atsushi Nishizawa

Axion dark matter can satisfy the conditions needed to account for all of the dark matter and solve the strong CP problem. The Axion Dark Matter eXperiment (ADMX) is a direct dark matter search using a haloscope to convert axions to photons…

We report the first result of a direct search for a Cosmic ${\it axion}$ Background (C$a$B) - a relativistic background of axions that is not dark matter - performed with the axion haloscope, the Axion Dark Matter eXperiment (ADMX).…

A model is constructed to predict the emission originating from axion-to-photon conversion in the strongly magnetized ultrarelativistic plasma of neutron stars. The acceleration and multiplicity of the charges are observed to shift the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-02-20 Javier De Miguel

We present a theoretical model for detecting axions from neutron stars in a QCD phase of quark matter. The axions would be produced from a quark-antiquark pair $u\bar{u}$ or $d\bar{d}$, in loop(s) involving gluons. The chiral anomaly of QCD…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-11 Bijan Berenji

A number of proposals have been put forward for detecting axion dark matter (DM) with grand unification scale decay constants that rely on the conversion of coherent DM axions to oscillating magnetic fields in the presence of static,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-08-16 Joshua N. Benabou , Joshua W. Foster , Yonatan Kahn , Benjamin R. Safdi , Chiara P. Salemi

The axion is particularly well motivated candidate for the dark matter comprising most of the mass of our visible Universe, leading to worldwide experimental and observational efforts towards its discovery. As is well known, resonant…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-04-14 Yu-Ang Liu , Bilal Ahmad , Nick Houston

We investigate the time modulation of weak nuclear decays as a method to probe axion dark matter. To this end, we develop a theoretical framework to compute the $\theta$-dependence of weak nuclear decays, including electron capture and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-04-30 Jorge Alda , Carlo Broggini , Giuseppe Di Carlo , Luca Di Luzio , Denise Piatti , Stefano Rigolin , Claudio Toni