Imperfect axions with no domain wall problem

[2608.27553] Imperfect axions with no domain wall problem Skip to main content Search Submit Donate Log in High Energy Physics - Phenomenology arXiv:2608.27553 (hep-ph) [Submitted on 27 Aug 2026] Title: Imperfect axions with no domain wall problem Authors: Marco Gorghetto , Edward Hardy , Gilad Perez , Stefan Stelzl View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract: Post-inflationary axion theories with domain wall number $N>1$ suffer from a domain wall problem. We show analytically, and confirm via simulations, that there is a region of phenomenologically viable parameter space for such theories with additional PQ-violating operators. Contrary to the conventional picture, in such theories the beyond-QCD PQ violation destroys the axion strings before the QCD axion potential becomes cosmologically relevant. This regime is realized for axion decay constants $f_a \lesssim 10^{10} \, \rm GeV$, pointing to a QCD axion mass in the $10^{-3}-10^{-2}\,{\rm eV}$ range. The required additional PQ violation induces a neutron electric dipole moment within two orders of magnitude of the current experimental limit, placing it within the reach of upcoming neutron electric dipole moment experiments. Comments: 10 pages + appendices Subjects: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) Report number: DESY-26-107 Cite as: arXiv:2608.27553 [hep-ph] (or arXiv:2608.27553v1 [hep-ph] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2608.27553 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite Submission history From: Marco Gorghetto [ view email ] [v1] Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:00:00 UTC (497 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View PDF HTML (experimental) TeX Source view license Current browse context: hep-ph < prev | next > new | recent | 2026-08 References & Citations INSPIRE HEP SciX Google Scholar Semantic Scholar export BibTeX citation Bookmark Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer ( What is the Explorer? ) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers ( What is Connected Papers? ) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps ( What is Litmaps? ) scite.ai Toggle scite Smart Citations ( What are Smart Citations? ) Code, Data, Media Code, Data and Media Associated with this Article alphaXiv Toggle alphaXiv ( What is alphaXiv? ) Links to Code Toggle CatalyzeX Code Finder for Papers ( What is CatalyzeX? ) DagsHub Toggle DagsHub ( What is DagsHub? ) GotitPub Toggle Gotit.pub ( What is GotitPub? ) Huggingface Toggle Hugging Face ( What is Huggingface? ) ScienceCast Toggle ScienceCast ( What is ScienceCast? ) Demos Demos Replicate Toggle Replicate ( What is Replicate? ) Spaces Toggle Hugging Face Spaces ( What is Spaces? ) Spaces Toggle TXYZ.AI ( What is TXYZ.AI? ) Related Papers Recommenders and Search Tools Link to Influence Flower Influence Flower ( What are Influence Flowers? ) Core recommender toggle CORE Recommender ( What is CORE? ) IArxiv recommender toggle IArxiv Recommender ( What is IArxiv? ) Author Venue Institution Topic About arXivLabs arXivLabs: experimental projects with community collaborators arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs . Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax ( What is MathJax? ) We gratefully acknowledge support from our major funders , member institutions , and all contributors. About · Help · Contact · Subscribe · Copyright · Privacy · Accessibility · Operational Status (opens in new tab) Major funding support from (opens in new tab) (opens in new tab) (opens in new tab)

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