| Issue |
EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 175, 2018
35th International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory (Lattice 2017)
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| Article Number | 01009 | |
| Number of page(s) | 18 | |
| Section | 1 Plenaries (in order of appearance) | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201817501009 | |
| Published online | 26 March 2018 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201817501009
Axion dark matter and the Lattice
Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Schlossgartenstraße 2, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
Published online: 26 March 2018
First I will review the QCD theta problem and the Peccei-Quinn solution, with its new particle, the axion. I will review the possibility of the axion as dark matter. If PQ symmetry was restored at some point in the hot early Universe, it should be possible to make a definite prediction for the axion mass if it constitutes the Dark Matter. I will describe progress on one issue needed to make this prediction – the dynamics of axionic string-wall networks and how they produce axions. Then I will discuss the sensitivity of the calculation to the high temperature QCD topological susceptibility. My emphasis is on what temperature range is important, and what level of precision is needed.
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