Axions are hypothetical particles proposed to solve the strong CP problem in QCD and may constitute a significant fraction of the dark matter in the universe. Axions are expected to be produced in superfluid neutron s...Axions are hypothetical particles proposed to solve the strong CP problem in QCD and may constitute a significant fraction of the dark matter in the universe. Axions are expected to be produced in superfluid neutron stars and subsequently decay, producing gamma-rays detectable by the Fermi Large Area Telescope (Fermi-LAT). Considering that light QCD axions, as opposed to axions > 1 eV, may travel a long range before they decay into gamma rays, neutron stars may appear as a spatially extended source of gamma rays. We extend our previous search for gamma rays from axions, based on a point source model, to consider the neutron star as an extended source of gamma rays. The extended consideration of neutron stars leads to higher sensitivity to searches for axions, as it will be shown. We investigate the spatial emission of gamma rays using phenomenological models of neutron star axion emission. We present models including the fundamental astrophysics and relativistic, extended gamma-ray emission from axions around neutron stars. A Monte Carlo simulation of the LAT gives us an expectation for the extended angular profile and spectrum. For a source of ≃100 pc, we predict a mean angular spread of ≃2˚ with gamma-ray energies in the range 10 - 200 MeV, due to the cutoff of the spin-structure function Sσ(ω). We demonstrate the feasibility of setting more stringent limits for axions in this mass range, excluding a range not probed by observations before. We consider projected sensitivities for mass limits on axions from RX J1856-3754, a neutron star at a distance of 130 pc. The limit based on 7.9 years of Fermi-LAT data is 3.9 meV for an inner temperature of the neutron star of 20 MeV.展开更多
GPS, an excellent tool for geodesy, may serve also particle physics. In the presence of Earth’s magnetic field, a GPS photon may be transformed into an axion. The proposed experimental setup involves the transmission...GPS, an excellent tool for geodesy, may serve also particle physics. In the presence of Earth’s magnetic field, a GPS photon may be transformed into an axion. The proposed experimental setup involves the transmission of a GPS signal from a satellite to another satellite, both in low orbit around the Earth. To increase the accuracy of the experiment, we evaluate the influence of Earth’s gravitational field on the whole quantum phenomenon. There is a significant advantage in our proposal. While the geomagnetic field B is low, the magnetized length L is very large, resulting into a scale (BL)2 orders of magnitude higher than existing or proposed reaches. The transformation of the GPS photons into axion particles will result in a dimming of the photons and even to a “light shining through the Earth” phenomenon.展开更多
We introduce a novel level crossing phenomenon in the mass mixing between QCD axions:one canonical QCD axion and one axion.The level crossing can occur at or slightly before the QCD phase transition critical temperatu...We introduce a novel level crossing phenomenon in the mass mixing between QCD axions:one canonical QCD axion and one axion.The level crossing can occur at or slightly before the QCD phase transition critical temperature,depending on the ratio of the axion decay constants,~1.69.The cosmological evolution of the mass eigenvalues in these two scenarios is similar;however,the transition of axion energy density differs significantly.Finally,we estimate the relic density of the QCD axion dark matter in this context.Additionally,this level crossing may have some interesting cosmological implications.展开更多
The axion or axion-like particle motivated from a natural solution of strong CP problem or string theory is a promising dark matter candidate.We study the new observational effects of ultralight axion-like particles b...The axion or axion-like particle motivated from a natural solution of strong CP problem or string theory is a promising dark matter candidate.We study the new observational effects of ultralight axion-like particles by the space-borne gravitational wave detector and the radio telescope.Taking the neutron star-black hole binary as an example,we demonstrate that the gravitational waveform could be obviously modified by the slow depletion of the axion cloud around the black hole formed through the superradiance process.We compare these new effects on the binary with the well-studied effects from dynamical friction with dark matter and dipole radiation in model-independent ways.Finally,we discuss the constraints from LIGO/Virgo and study the detectability of the ultralight axion particles at LISA and TianQin.展开更多
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 uu¯or dd¯, in loop(s) involving gluons. The chi...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 uu¯or dd¯, in loop(s) involving gluons. The chiral anomaly of QCD and the spontaneously broken symmetry are invoked to explain the non-conservation of the axion current. From the coupling form factors, the axion emissivities ϵacan be derived, from which fluxes can be determined. We predict a photon flux, which may be detectable by Fermi LAT, and limits on the QCD mass ma. In this model, axions decay to gamma rays in a 2-photon vertex. We may determine the expected fluxes from the theoretical emissivity. The sensitivity curve from the Fermi Large Area Telescope (Fermi LAT) would allow axion mass constraints for neutron stars as low as ma≤10−14eV 95% C.L. Axions could thus be detectable in gamma rays for neutron stars as distant as 100 kpc. A signal from LIGO GWS 170817 could be placed from the NS-NS merger, which gives an upper limit of ma≤10−10eV.展开更多
A new phenomenological model(axionic QCD string)is constructed to study the topological issues of the QCD vacuum and hadron structure.It provides an alternative way of tackling the Strong CP problem,which is different...A new phenomenological model(axionic QCD string)is constructed to study the topological issues of the QCD vacuum and hadron structure.It provides an alternative way of tackling the Strong CP problem,which is different from the traditional Peccei–Quinn approach.Neither new particle nor extra symmetry is introduced,and the role of the Peccei–Quinn axion is played by a quasiparticle arising from the phase of the quark condensate,dubbed as axionic excitation.The derivative of this excitation field is decomposed into a regular part and a singular part,and the latter contains vorticity from the string configuration.A hidden gauge symmetry is revealed in this decomposition and vorticity is represented by an emergent gauge field associated with anomalies.These components,together with the anomaly-inflow mechanism,complete the effective Lagrangian description for the axionic QCD string.展开更多
We present a calculation by including the relativistic and off-shell contributions to the interaction potentials between two spin-1/2 fermions mediated by the exchange of light spin-0 particles,in both momentum and co...We present a calculation by including the relativistic and off-shell contributions to the interaction potentials between two spin-1/2 fermions mediated by the exchange of light spin-0 particles,in both momentum and coordinate spaces.Our calculation is based on the four-point Green's function rather than the scattering amplitude.Among the sixteen potential components,eight that vanish in the non-relativistic limit are shown to acquire nonzero relativistic and off-shell corrections.In addition to providing relativistic and off-shell corrections to the operator basis commonly used in the literature,we introduce an alternative operator basis that facilitates the derivation of interaction potentials in the coordinate space.Furthermore,we calculate both the long-range and short-range components of the potentials,which can be useful for future experimental analyses at both macroscopic and atomic scales.展开更多
The QCD axion bubbles can form due to an explicit breaking of the Peccei–Quinn symmetry in the early Universe.In this paper,we investigate the modified formation of a QCD axion bubble in the presence of an axionlike ...The QCD axion bubbles can form due to an explicit breaking of the Peccei–Quinn symmetry in the early Universe.In this paper,we investigate the modified formation of a QCD axion bubble in the presence of an axionlike particle(ALP),considering its resonant conversion to a QCD axion.We consider a general scenario where the QCD axion mixes with ALP before the QCD phase transition.In this scenario,the energy density of the ALP can be adiabatically transferred to the QCD axion at a temperature T_(R),resulting in the suppression of the cosmic background temperature T_(B)at which the energy density of the QCD axion equals that of the radiation.The QCD axion bubbles form when the QCD axions arise during the QCD phase transition.Finally,we briefly discuss the impact of the formation of QCD axion bubbles on the formation of primordial black holes.展开更多
The intrinsic antiferromagnetic topological insulators in the Mn-Bi-Te family,composed of superlattice-like MnBi_(2)Te_(4)/(Bi_(2)Te_(3))_(n)(n=0,1,2,3,...)layered structure,present intriguing states of matter such as...The intrinsic antiferromagnetic topological insulators in the Mn-Bi-Te family,composed of superlattice-like MnBi_(2)Te_(4)/(Bi_(2)Te_(3))_(n)(n=0,1,2,3,...)layered structure,present intriguing states of matter such as quantum anomalous Hall effect and the axion insulator.However,the surface state gap,which is the prerequisite for the observation of these states,remains elusive.Here by molecular beam epitaxy,we obtain two types of MnBi_(4)Te_(7)films with the exclusive Bi_(2)Te_(3)(BT)or MnBi_(2)Te_(4)(MBT)terminations.By scanning tunneling spectroscopy,the mass terms in the surface states are identified on both surface terminations.Experimental results reveal the existence of a hybridization gap of approximately 23 meV in surface states on the BT termination.This gap comes from the hybridization between the surface states and the spin-split states in the adjacent MBT layer.On the MBT termination,an exchange mass term of about 28±2 meV in surface states is identified by taking magnetic-field-dependent Landau level spectra as well as theoretical simulations.In addition,the mass term varies with the field in the film with a heavy BiMn doping level in the Mn layers.These findings demonstrate the existence of mass terms in surface states on both types of terminations in our epitaxial MnBi_(4)Te_(7)films investigated by local probes.展开更多
In this work,we investigate the shear elasticity and the shear viscosity in a simple holographic axion model with broken translational symmetry and rotational symmetry in space via the perturbation computation.We find...In this work,we investigate the shear elasticity and the shear viscosity in a simple holographic axion model with broken translational symmetry and rotational symmetry in space via the perturbation computation.We find that,in the case of spontaneous symmetry breaking,the broken translations and anisotropy both enhance the shear elasticity of the system.While in all cases,the broken symmetries introduce a double suppression of the shear viscosity,which is in contrast to the result from the study of the p-wave holographic superfluid where the shear viscosity is enhanced when the rotational symmetry is broken spontaneously.展开更多
We analyze a model of cold axion dark matter weakly coupled with a dark gluon condensate, reproducing dark energy. We first review how to recover the dark energy behavior using the functional renormalization group app...We analyze a model of cold axion dark matter weakly coupled with a dark gluon condensate, reproducing dark energy. We first review how to recover the dark energy behavior using the functional renormalization group approach, and ground our study in the properties of the effective Lagrangian, to be determined non-perturbatively. Then, within the context of GSM×SU（2）D×U（1）PQ, we consider Yang-Mills condensate （YMC） interactions with QCD axions. We predict a transfer of dark energy density into dark matter density, that can be tested in the next generation of experiments dedicated to dark energy measurements. We obtain new bounds on the interactions between the Yang-Mills condensate and axion dark matter from Planck data：the new physics interaction scale related to the axion/gluon condensate mixing is constrained to be higher than the 106 GeV energy scale.展开更多
The haloscope based on the TM_(010)mode cavity is a well-established technique for detecting QCD axions.However,the method has limitations in detecting high-mass axion due to significant volume loss in the high-freque...The haloscope based on the TM_(010)mode cavity is a well-established technique for detecting QCD axions.However,the method has limitations in detecting high-mass axion due to significant volume loss in the high-frequency cavity.Utilizing a higher-order mode cavity can effectively reduce the volume loss of the high-frequency cavity.The rotatable dielectric pieces as a tuning mechanism can compensate for the degradation of the form factor of the higher-order mode.Nevertheless,the introduction of dielectric causes additional volume loss.To address these issues,this paper proposes a novel design scheme by adding a central metal rod to the higher-order mode cavity tuned by dielectrics,which improves the performance of the haloscope due to the increased effective volume of the cavity detector.The superiority of the novel design is demonstrated by comparing its simulated performance with previous designs.Moreover,the feasibility of the scheme is verified by the full-wave simulation results of the mechanical design model.展开更多
Supermassive black holes(SMBHs)are ubiquitous in the center of galaxies,although the origin of their massive seeds is still unknown.In this paper,we investigate the formation of SMBHs from the quantum chromodynamics(Q...Supermassive black holes(SMBHs)are ubiquitous in the center of galaxies,although the origin of their massive seeds is still unknown.In this paper,we investigate the formation of SMBHs from the quantum chromodynamics(QCD)axion bubbles.In this case,primordial black holes(PBHs)are considered as the seeds of SMBHs,which are generated from the QCD axion bubbles due to an explicit Peccei–Quinn(PQ)symmetry breaking after inflation.The QCD axion bubbles are formed when the QCD axion starts to oscillate during the QCD phase transition.We consider a general case in which the axion bubbles are formed with the bubble effective angle θ_(eff)∈(0,π],leading to the minimum PBH mass∼■(10^(4)−10^(7))M⊙for the axion decay constant f_(a)∼■(10^(16))GeV.The PBHs at this mass region may account for the seeds of SMBHs.展开更多
In recent years, cooling technology for liquid xenon(LXe) detectors has advanced driven by the development of dark matter(DM) detectors with target mass in the 100–1000 kg range. The next generation of DM detectors b...In recent years, cooling technology for liquid xenon(LXe) detectors has advanced driven by the development of dark matter(DM) detectors with target mass in the 100–1000 kg range. The next generation of DM detectors based on LXe will be in the 50,000 kg(50 t)range requiring more than 1 k W of cooling power. Most of the prior cooling methods become impractical at this level.For cooling a 50 t scale LXe detector, a method is proposed in which liquid nitrogen(LN2) in a small local reservoir cools the xenon gas via a cold finger. The cold finger incorporates a heating unit to provide temperature regulation. The proposed cooling method is simple, reliable, and suitable for the required long-term operation for a rare event search. The device can be easily integrated into present cooling systems, for example the ‘‘Cooling Bus’ ’employed for the Panda X I and II experiments. It is still possible to cool indirectly with no part of the cooling or temperature control system getting in direct contact with the clean xenon in the detector. Also, the cooling device can be mounted at a large distance, i.e., the detector is cooled remotely from a distance of 5–10 m. The method was tested in a laboratory setup at Columbia University to carry out different measurements with a small LXe detector and behaved exactly as predicted.展开更多
Many terrestrial experiments have been designed to detect domain walls composed of axions or axionlike particles(ALPs), which are promising candidates of dark matter. When the domain wall crosses over the Earth, the p...Many terrestrial experiments have been designed to detect domain walls composed of axions or axionlike particles(ALPs), which are promising candidates of dark matter. When the domain wall crosses over the Earth, the pseudoscalar field of ALPs could couple to the atomic spins. Such exotic spin-dependent couplings can be searched for by monitoring the transient-in-time change of the atomic spin precession frequency in the presence of a magnetic field. We propose here a single-species cesium atomic comagnetometer, which measures the spin precession frequencies of atoms in different ground-state hyperfine levels, to eliminate the common-mode magnetic-field variations and search for the exotic nonmagnetic couplings solely between protons and ALPs. With the single-species atomic comagnetometer, we experimentally rule out the possibility that the decay constant of the linear pseudoscalar couplings of ALPs to protons is fp■ 3.71 ×107 Ge V. The advanced system has the potential to constrain the constant to be fp■ 10.7 × 109 Ge V, promising to improve astrophysical constraint level by at least one order of magnitude. Our system could provide a sensitive detection method for the global network of optical magnetometers to search for exotic physics.展开更多
We present Dark Matter candidates from non SUSY processes, in a way emphasizing how a Dark Matter (DM) candidate of roughly 100 - 400 GeV could be formed. As has been said about the Photon rocket and Axions rockets, t...We present Dark Matter candidates from non SUSY processes, in a way emphasizing how a Dark Matter (DM) candidate of roughly 100 - 400 GeV could be formed. As has been said about the Photon rocket and Axions rockets, the presence of a magnetic field supposedly would switch DM particle candidates to photons, in such a way as to in the end configure a photon rocket style device from DM in a thrust chamber. The presence of Dark Matter (DM) would in itself merely indicate that the emerging photon thrust would be comparatively greater than it would be for more conventional photon rockets. This amplifies and improves upon a so called axion rocket ram jet for interstellar travel. We assume that much the same sort of methodology for a would-be axion ramjet could be employed for DM, with perhaps greater thrust/power conversion efficiencies.展开更多
The author uses a low temperature and low entropy pre inflation state to create a bridge between String theory and loop quantum gravity. We use this analysis in lieu of the CMB barrier as of z = 1000 since it is our w...The author uses a low temperature and low entropy pre inflation state to create a bridge between String theory and loop quantum gravity. We use this analysis in lieu of the CMB barrier as of z = 1000 since it is our way to come up with a working model of quintessence scalar fields, which permits relic generation of dark matter and dark energy. Not only referencing this bridge, we do it in such a way as to utilize the low entropy condition which the Brane world model of Randal and Sundrum creates, and to show how it is in common with what Caroll and Chen wrote up in 2005., i.e. when the universe was about 1000 times smaller and 100,000 times younger than today.展开更多
In 2003, Guth posed the following question in a KITP seminar in UCSB. Namely “Even if there exist 101000 vacuum states produced by String theory, does inflation produce overwhelmingly one preferred type of vacuum sta...In 2003, Guth posed the following question in a KITP seminar in UCSB. Namely “Even if there exist 101000 vacuum states produced by String theory, does inflation produce overwhelmingly one preferred type of vacuum states over the other possible types of vacuum states”? This document tries to answer how a preferred vacuum state could be produced, and by what sort of process. We construct a di quark condensate leading to a cosmological constant in line with known physical observations. We use a phase transition bridge from a tilted washboard potential to the chaotic inflationary model pioneered by Guth which is congruent with the slow roll criteria. This permits criteria for initiation of graviton production from a domain wall formed after a transition to a chaotic inflationary potential. It also permits investigation of if or not axion wall contributions to inflation are necessary. If we reject an explicit axion mass drop off to infinitesimal values at high temperatures, we may use the Bogomolnyi inequality to rescale and reset initial conditions for the chaotic inflationary potential. Then the Randall-Sundrum brane world effective potential delineates the end of the dominant role of di quarks, and the beginning of inflation. And perhaps answers Freeman Dysons contention that Graviton production is unlikely given present astrophysical constraints upon detector systems. We end this with a description in the last appendix entry, Appendix VI, as to why, given the emphasis upon di quarks, as to the usefulness of using times before Planck time interval as to modeling our physical system and its importance as to emergent field structures used for cosmological modeling.展开更多
文摘Axions are hypothetical particles proposed to solve the strong CP problem in QCD and may constitute a significant fraction of the dark matter in the universe. Axions are expected to be produced in superfluid neutron stars and subsequently decay, producing gamma-rays detectable by the Fermi Large Area Telescope (Fermi-LAT). Considering that light QCD axions, as opposed to axions > 1 eV, may travel a long range before they decay into gamma rays, neutron stars may appear as a spatially extended source of gamma rays. We extend our previous search for gamma rays from axions, based on a point source model, to consider the neutron star as an extended source of gamma rays. The extended consideration of neutron stars leads to higher sensitivity to searches for axions, as it will be shown. We investigate the spatial emission of gamma rays using phenomenological models of neutron star axion emission. We present models including the fundamental astrophysics and relativistic, extended gamma-ray emission from axions around neutron stars. A Monte Carlo simulation of the LAT gives us an expectation for the extended angular profile and spectrum. For a source of ≃100 pc, we predict a mean angular spread of ≃2˚ with gamma-ray energies in the range 10 - 200 MeV, due to the cutoff of the spin-structure function Sσ(ω). We demonstrate the feasibility of setting more stringent limits for axions in this mass range, excluding a range not probed by observations before. We consider projected sensitivities for mass limits on axions from RX J1856-3754, a neutron star at a distance of 130 pc. The limit based on 7.9 years of Fermi-LAT data is 3.9 meV for an inner temperature of the neutron star of 20 MeV.
文摘GPS, an excellent tool for geodesy, may serve also particle physics. In the presence of Earth’s magnetic field, a GPS photon may be transformed into an axion. The proposed experimental setup involves the transmission of a GPS signal from a satellite to another satellite, both in low orbit around the Earth. To increase the accuracy of the experiment, we evaluate the influence of Earth’s gravitational field on the whole quantum phenomenon. There is a significant advantage in our proposal. While the geomagnetic field B is low, the magnetized length L is very large, resulting into a scale (BL)2 orders of magnitude higher than existing or proposed reaches. The transformation of the GPS photons into axion particles will result in a dimming of the photons and even to a “light shining through the Earth” phenomenon.
基金Supported by the CAS Project for Young Scientists in Basic Research YSBR-006the National Key R&D Program of China(2017YFA0402204)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(11821505,11825506,12047503)。
文摘We introduce a novel level crossing phenomenon in the mass mixing between QCD axions:one canonical QCD axion and one axion.The level crossing can occur at or slightly before the QCD phase transition critical temperature,depending on the ratio of the axion decay constants,~1.69.The cosmological evolution of the mass eigenvalues in these two scenarios is similar;however,the transition of axion energy density differs significantly.Finally,we estimate the relic density of the QCD axion dark matter in this context.Additionally,this level crossing may have some interesting cosmological implications.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.12205387)the Guangdong Major Project of Basic and Applied Basic Research(Grant No.2019B030302001)。
文摘The axion or axion-like particle motivated from a natural solution of strong CP problem or string theory is a promising dark matter candidate.We study the new observational effects of ultralight axion-like particles by the space-borne gravitational wave detector and the radio telescope.Taking the neutron star-black hole binary as an example,we demonstrate that the gravitational waveform could be obviously modified by the slow depletion of the axion cloud around the black hole formed through the superradiance process.We compare these new effects on the binary with the well-studied effects from dynamical friction with dark matter and dipole radiation in model-independent ways.Finally,we discuss the constraints from LIGO/Virgo and study the detectability of the ultralight axion particles at LISA and TianQin.
文摘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 uu¯or dd¯, in loop(s) involving gluons. The chiral anomaly of QCD and the spontaneously broken symmetry are invoked to explain the non-conservation of the axion current. From the coupling form factors, the axion emissivities ϵacan be derived, from which fluxes can be determined. We predict a photon flux, which may be detectable by Fermi LAT, and limits on the QCD mass ma. In this model, axions decay to gamma rays in a 2-photon vertex. We may determine the expected fluxes from the theoretical emissivity. The sensitivity curve from the Fermi Large Area Telescope (Fermi LAT) would allow axion mass constraints for neutron stars as low as ma≤10−14eV 95% C.L. Axions could thus be detectable in gamma rays for neutron stars as distant as 100 kpc. A signal from LIGO GWS 170817 could be placed from the NS-NS merger, which gives an upper limit of ma≤10−10eV.
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province(Grant No.2022J011130)the Research Starting Grant from Minjiang University(Grant No.30804317)。
文摘A new phenomenological model(axionic QCD string)is constructed to study the topological issues of the QCD vacuum and hadron structure.It provides an alternative way of tackling the Strong CP problem,which is different from the traditional Peccei–Quinn approach.Neither new particle nor extra symmetry is introduced,and the role of the Peccei–Quinn axion is played by a quasiparticle arising from the phase of the quark condensate,dubbed as axionic excitation.The derivative of this excitation field is decomposed into a regular part and a singular part,and the latter contains vorticity from the string configuration.A hidden gauge symmetry is revealed in this decomposition and vorticity is represented by an emergent gauge field associated with anomalies.These components,together with the anomaly-inflow mechanism,complete the effective Lagrangian description for the axionic QCD string.
基金funded in part by the National Natural Science Foundations of China under Grants Nos.12150013,12075058 and 11975090the Science Foundation of Hebei Normal University with Grant No.L2023B09。
文摘We present a calculation by including the relativistic and off-shell contributions to the interaction potentials between two spin-1/2 fermions mediated by the exchange of light spin-0 particles,in both momentum and coordinate spaces.Our calculation is based on the four-point Green's function rather than the scattering amplitude.Among the sixteen potential components,eight that vanish in the non-relativistic limit are shown to acquire nonzero relativistic and off-shell corrections.In addition to providing relativistic and off-shell corrections to the operator basis commonly used in the literature,we introduce an alternative operator basis that facilitates the derivation of interaction potentials in the coordinate space.Furthermore,we calculate both the long-range and short-range components of the potentials,which can be useful for future experimental analyses at both macroscopic and atomic scales.
基金partly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(Grants No.11775025 and No.12175027)partly supported by the Key Laboratory of Theoretical Physics in the Institute of Theoretical PhysicsCAS。
文摘The QCD axion bubbles can form due to an explicit breaking of the Peccei–Quinn symmetry in the early Universe.In this paper,we investigate the modified formation of a QCD axion bubble in the presence of an axionlike particle(ALP),considering its resonant conversion to a QCD axion.We consider a general scenario where the QCD axion mixes with ALP before the QCD phase transition.In this scenario,the energy density of the ALP can be adiabatically transferred to the QCD axion at a temperature T_(R),resulting in the suppression of the cosmic background temperature T_(B)at which the energy density of the QCD axion equals that of the radiation.The QCD axion bubbles form when the QCD axions arise during the QCD phase transition.Finally,we briefly discuss the impact of the formation of QCD axion bubbles on the formation of primordial black holes.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2022YFA1403102)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.12474478,92065102,and 61804056).
文摘The intrinsic antiferromagnetic topological insulators in the Mn-Bi-Te family,composed of superlattice-like MnBi_(2)Te_(4)/(Bi_(2)Te_(3))_(n)(n=0,1,2,3,...)layered structure,present intriguing states of matter such as quantum anomalous Hall effect and the axion insulator.However,the surface state gap,which is the prerequisite for the observation of these states,remains elusive.Here by molecular beam epitaxy,we obtain two types of MnBi_(4)Te_(7)films with the exclusive Bi_(2)Te_(3)(BT)or MnBi_(2)Te_(4)(MBT)terminations.By scanning tunneling spectroscopy,the mass terms in the surface states are identified on both surface terminations.Experimental results reveal the existence of a hybridization gap of approximately 23 meV in surface states on the BT termination.This gap comes from the hybridization between the surface states and the spin-split states in the adjacent MBT layer.On the MBT termination,an exchange mass term of about 28±2 meV in surface states is identified by taking magnetic-field-dependent Landau level spectra as well as theoretical simulations.In addition,the mass term varies with the field in the film with a heavy BiMn doping level in the Mn layers.These findings demonstrate the existence of mass terms in surface states on both types of terminations in our epitaxial MnBi_(4)Te_(7)films investigated by local probes.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)under Grants Nos.12275038 and 12375054。
文摘In this work,we investigate the shear elasticity and the shear viscosity in a simple holographic axion model with broken translational symmetry and rotational symmetry in space via the perturbation computation.We find that,in the case of spontaneous symmetry breaking,the broken translations and anisotropy both enhance the shear elasticity of the system.While in all cases,the broken symmetries introduce a double suppression of the shear viscosity,which is in contrast to the result from the study of the p-wave holographic superfluid where the shear viscosity is enhanced when the rotational symmetry is broken spontaneously.
基金Supported by the Shanghai Municipality(KBH1512299)Fudan University(JJH1512105)
文摘We analyze a model of cold axion dark matter weakly coupled with a dark gluon condensate, reproducing dark energy. We first review how to recover the dark energy behavior using the functional renormalization group approach, and ground our study in the properties of the effective Lagrangian, to be determined non-perturbatively. Then, within the context of GSM×SU（2）D×U（1）PQ, we consider Yang-Mills condensate （YMC） interactions with QCD axions. We predict a transfer of dark energy density into dark matter density, that can be tested in the next generation of experiments dedicated to dark energy measurements. We obtain new bounds on the interactions between the Yang-Mills condensate and axion dark matter from Planck data：the new physics interaction scale related to the axion/gluon condensate mixing is constrained to be higher than the 106 GeV energy scale.
基金Project supported in part by the Equipment Development Project for Scientific Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.YJKYYQ20190049)the Innovation Program for Quantum Science and Technology(Grant No.2021ZD0301800)the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2022YFA1603904)。
文摘The haloscope based on the TM_(010)mode cavity is a well-established technique for detecting QCD axions.However,the method has limitations in detecting high-mass axion due to significant volume loss in the high-frequency cavity.Utilizing a higher-order mode cavity can effectively reduce the volume loss of the high-frequency cavity.The rotatable dielectric pieces as a tuning mechanism can compensate for the degradation of the form factor of the higher-order mode.Nevertheless,the introduction of dielectric causes additional volume loss.To address these issues,this paper proposes a novel design scheme by adding a central metal rod to the higher-order mode cavity tuned by dielectrics,which improves the performance of the haloscope due to the increased effective volume of the cavity detector.The superiority of the novel design is demonstrated by comparing its simulated performance with previous designs.Moreover,the feasibility of the scheme is verified by the full-wave simulation results of the mechanical design model.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Grant Nos. 11775025 and No. 12175027)supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant No. 2017YFA0402204)+1 种基金the CAS Project for Young Scientists in Basic Research YSBR-006the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Grant Nos. 11821505, No. 11825506, and No. 12047503)
文摘Supermassive black holes(SMBHs)are ubiquitous in the center of galaxies,although the origin of their massive seeds is still unknown.In this paper,we investigate the formation of SMBHs from the quantum chromodynamics(QCD)axion bubbles.In this case,primordial black holes(PBHs)are considered as the seeds of SMBHs,which are generated from the QCD axion bubbles due to an explicit Peccei–Quinn(PQ)symmetry breaking after inflation.The QCD axion bubbles are formed when the QCD axion starts to oscillate during the QCD phase transition.We consider a general case in which the axion bubbles are formed with the bubble effective angle θ_(eff)∈(0,π],leading to the minimum PBH mass∼■(10^(4)−10^(7))M⊙for the axion decay constant f_(a)∼■(10^(16))GeV.The PBHs at this mass region may account for the seeds of SMBHs.
基金the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(No.2016YFA0400301)the grants for the XENON Dark Matter Project。
文摘In recent years, cooling technology for liquid xenon(LXe) detectors has advanced driven by the development of dark matter(DM) detectors with target mass in the 100–1000 kg range. The next generation of DM detectors based on LXe will be in the 50,000 kg(50 t)range requiring more than 1 k W of cooling power. Most of the prior cooling methods become impractical at this level.For cooling a 50 t scale LXe detector, a method is proposed in which liquid nitrogen(LN2) in a small local reservoir cools the xenon gas via a cold finger. The cold finger incorporates a heating unit to provide temperature regulation. The proposed cooling method is simple, reliable, and suitable for the required long-term operation for a rare event search. The device can be easily integrated into present cooling systems, for example the ‘‘Cooling Bus’ ’employed for the Panda X I and II experiments. It is still possible to cool indirectly with no part of the cooling or temperature control system getting in direct contact with the clean xenon in the detector. Also, the cooling device can be mounted at a large distance, i.e., the detector is cooled remotely from a distance of 5–10 m. The method was tested in a laboratory setup at Columbia University to carry out different measurements with a small LXe detector and behaved exactly as predicted.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.62071012)the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of China(Grant No.61225003)National Hi-Tech Research and Development Program of China.
文摘Many terrestrial experiments have been designed to detect domain walls composed of axions or axionlike particles(ALPs), which are promising candidates of dark matter. When the domain wall crosses over the Earth, the pseudoscalar field of ALPs could couple to the atomic spins. Such exotic spin-dependent couplings can be searched for by monitoring the transient-in-time change of the atomic spin precession frequency in the presence of a magnetic field. We propose here a single-species cesium atomic comagnetometer, which measures the spin precession frequencies of atoms in different ground-state hyperfine levels, to eliminate the common-mode magnetic-field variations and search for the exotic nonmagnetic couplings solely between protons and ALPs. With the single-species atomic comagnetometer, we experimentally rule out the possibility that the decay constant of the linear pseudoscalar couplings of ALPs to protons is fp■ 3.71 ×107 Ge V. The advanced system has the potential to constrain the constant to be fp■ 10.7 × 109 Ge V, promising to improve astrophysical constraint level by at least one order of magnitude. Our system could provide a sensitive detection method for the global network of optical magnetometers to search for exotic physics.
文摘We present Dark Matter candidates from non SUSY processes, in a way emphasizing how a Dark Matter (DM) candidate of roughly 100 - 400 GeV could be formed. As has been said about the Photon rocket and Axions rockets, the presence of a magnetic field supposedly would switch DM particle candidates to photons, in such a way as to in the end configure a photon rocket style device from DM in a thrust chamber. The presence of Dark Matter (DM) would in itself merely indicate that the emerging photon thrust would be comparatively greater than it would be for more conventional photon rockets. This amplifies and improves upon a so called axion rocket ram jet for interstellar travel. We assume that much the same sort of methodology for a would-be axion ramjet could be employed for DM, with perhaps greater thrust/power conversion efficiencies.
文摘The author uses a low temperature and low entropy pre inflation state to create a bridge between String theory and loop quantum gravity. We use this analysis in lieu of the CMB barrier as of z = 1000 since it is our way to come up with a working model of quintessence scalar fields, which permits relic generation of dark matter and dark energy. Not only referencing this bridge, we do it in such a way as to utilize the low entropy condition which the Brane world model of Randal and Sundrum creates, and to show how it is in common with what Caroll and Chen wrote up in 2005., i.e. when the universe was about 1000 times smaller and 100,000 times younger than today.
文摘In 2003, Guth posed the following question in a KITP seminar in UCSB. Namely “Even if there exist 101000 vacuum states produced by String theory, does inflation produce overwhelmingly one preferred type of vacuum states over the other possible types of vacuum states”? This document tries to answer how a preferred vacuum state could be produced, and by what sort of process. We construct a di quark condensate leading to a cosmological constant in line with known physical observations. We use a phase transition bridge from a tilted washboard potential to the chaotic inflationary model pioneered by Guth which is congruent with the slow roll criteria. This permits criteria for initiation of graviton production from a domain wall formed after a transition to a chaotic inflationary potential. It also permits investigation of if or not axion wall contributions to inflation are necessary. If we reject an explicit axion mass drop off to infinitesimal values at high temperatures, we may use the Bogomolnyi inequality to rescale and reset initial conditions for the chaotic inflationary potential. Then the Randall-Sundrum brane world effective potential delineates the end of the dominant role of di quarks, and the beginning of inflation. And perhaps answers Freeman Dysons contention that Graviton production is unlikely given present astrophysical constraints upon detector systems. We end this with a description in the last appendix entry, Appendix VI, as to why, given the emphasis upon di quarks, as to the usefulness of using times before Planck time interval as to modeling our physical system and its importance as to emergent field structures used for cosmological modeling.
