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Axion Quality from Superconformal Dynamics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2021-06-01 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We discuss a possibility that a superconformal dynamics induces the emergence of a global U(1)PQU(1)_{\rm PQ} symmetry to solve the strong CP problem through the axion. Fields spontaneously breaking the U(1)PQU(1)_{\rm PQ} symmetry couple to new quarks charged under the ordinary color SU(3)CSU(3)_C and a new SU(N)SU(N) gauge group. The theory flows into an IR fixed point where the U(1)PQU(1)_{\rm PQ} breaking fields hold a large anomalous dimension leading to the suppression of U(1)PQU(1)_{\rm PQ}-violating higher dimensional operators. The spontaneous breaking of the U(1)PQU(1)_{\rm PQ} makes the new quarks massive. The U(1)PQU(1)_{\rm PQ} symmetry is anomalous under the SU(3)CSU(3)_C but not under the SU(N)SU(N) so that the axion couples to only the color SU(3)CSU(3)_C and the usual axion potential is generated. We also comment on a model that the U(1)PQU(1)_{\rm PQ} breaking fields are realized as meson superfields in a new supersymmetric QCD.

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@article{arxiv.2102.01329,
  title  = {Axion Quality from Superconformal Dynamics},
  author = {Yuichiro Nakai and Motoo Suzuki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.01329},
  year   = {2021}
}

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8 pages, 3 figures, published version

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