Acoustic misalignment mechanism for axion dark matter

Abstract A rotation in the field space of a complex scalar field corresponds to a Bose-Einstein condensation of U(1) charges. We point out that fluctuations in this rotating condensate exhibit sound-wave modes, which can be excited by cosmic perturbations and identified with axion fluctuations once...

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Main Authors: Arushi Bodas, Raymond T. Co, Akshay Ghalsasi, Keisuke Harigaya, Lian-Tao Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2025-08-01
Series:Journal of High Energy Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2025)131
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