On dark radiation from string moduli decay to ALPs

Autor:	Baer, Howard, Barger, Vernon, Deal, Robert Wiley
Rok vydání:	2022
Předmět:	High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
Popis:	We examine the issue of dark radiation (DR) from string moduli decay into axion-like particles (ALPs). In KKLT-type models of moduli stabilization, the axionlike phases of moduli fields are expected to decouple whilst in LVS-type moduli stabilization some can remain light and may constitute dark radiation. We evaluate modulus decay to Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) particles and dark radiation for more general compactifications. In spite of tightening error bars on \Delta N_{eff}, we find only mild constraints on modulus-ALP couplings due to the somewhat suppressed modulus branching fraction to DR owing to the large number of MSSM decay modes. We anticipate that future CMB experiments with greater precision on \Delta N_{eff} may still turn up evidence for DR if the ALP associated with the lightest modulus field is indeed light. Comment: 18 pages with 9 .png figures
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/2204.01130 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv