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The Axion Quality and Fifth Force

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2023-03-20 v2

Abstract

We investigate what it takes for the axion to address the strong CP problem in the presence of explicit Peccei-Quinn (PQ) symmetry breaking effects besides the strong interaction. In cases where the PQ-Higgsing scalar field directly couples to the Standard Model sector, it is pointed out that existing fifth force experiments can set better constraints on the axion quality over neutron electric dipole moment.

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@article{arxiv.2209.09429,
  title  = {The Axion Quality and Fifth Force},
  author = {Yue Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.09429},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

10 pages, 1 figure. v2: Corrected the comment on equivalence principle in case 2, and a few typos. Main results unchanged

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