Published May 2021 | Version v1
Journal article

Axion quality from superconformal dynamics

  • 1. Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240 (China)

Description

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

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2021.136239

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2021.136239;
PII
S0370269321001799;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
816
Journal Page Range
vp.
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
54083334
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
ANOMALOUS DIMENSION; AXIONS; MESONS; QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS; QUARKS; SUPERSYMMETRY
Descriptors DEC
BOSONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; FIELD THEORIES; GOLDSTONE BOSONS; HADRONS; POSTULATED PARTICLES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SCALE DIMENSION; SYMMETRY

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Copyright (c) 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.