Constraints on relaxion windows
Creators
- 1. Center for Theoretical Physics of the Universe, Institute for Basic Science (IBS),Daejeon 34051 (Korea, Republic of)
- 2. Bethe Center for Theoretical Physics and Physikalisches Institut der Universität Bonn, Nussallee 12, 53115 Bonn (Germany)
Description
We examine the low energy phenomenology of the relaxion solution to the weak scale hierarchy problem. Assuming that the Hubble friction is responsible for a dissipation of the relaxion energy, we identify the cosmological relaxion window which corresponds to the parameter region compatible with a given value of the acceptable number of inflationary e-foldings. We then discuss a variety of observational constraints on the relaxion window, including those from astrophysical and cosmological considerations. We find that majority of the parameter space with a relaxion mass mϕ≳100 eV or a relaxion decay constant f≲107 GeV is excluded by existing constraints. There is an interesting parameter region with mϕ∼ 0.2−10 GeV and f∼ few−200 TeV, which is allowed by existing constraints, but can be probed soon by future beam dump experiments such as the SHiP experiment, or by improved EDM experiments.
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP12(2016)093; Available from http://repo.scoap3.org/record/18361Additional details
Identifiers
- URL
- http://repo.scoap3.org/record/18361;
- DOI
- 10.1007/JHEP12(2016)093;
- arXiv
- arXiv:1610.00680v4;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
- Journal Volume
- 2016
- Journal Issue
- 12
- Journal Page Range
- p. 93
- ISSN
- 1029-8479
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Germany
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 49003845
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- COSMOLOGY; HIGGS BOSONS; HIGGS MODEL; LIMITING VALUES; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; REST MASS; STANDARD MODEL; TEV RANGE 100-1000
- Descriptors DEC
- BOSONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; FIELD THEORIES; GRAND UNIFIED THEORY; MASS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; TEV RANGE; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) OPEN ACCESS, © The Authors
- Notes
- PUBLISHER-ID: JHEP12(2016)093; ARXIV:1610.00680; OAI: oai:repo.scoap3.org:18361
- Funding organization
- SCOAP3, CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)