Axion minicluster power spectrum and mass function
Axion minicluster power spectrum and mass function
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Axion 微团簇功率谱和质量函数
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发表时间:
2017
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通讯作者:
T. Schwetz
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作者:
Jonas Enander;Andreas Pargner;T. Schwetz
When Peccei-Quinn (PQ) symmetry breaking happens after inflation, the axion field takes random values in causally disconnected regions. This leads to fluctuations of order one in the axion energy density around the QCD epoch. These over-densities eventually decouple from the Hubble expansion and form so-called miniclusters. We present a semi-analytical method to calculate the average axion energy density, as well as the power spectrum, from the re-alignment mechanism in this scenario. Furthermore, we develop a modified Press & Schechter approach, suitable to describe the collapse of non-linear density fluctuations during radiation domination, which is relevant for the formation of axion miniclusters. It allows us to calculate the double differential distribution of gravitationally collapsed miniclusters as a function of their mass and size. For instance, assuming a PQ scale of 1011 GeV, minicluster masses range from about 5 × 10−16 to 3 × 10−13 solar masses and have sizes from about 4× 104 to 7× 105 km at the time they start to collapse.
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64.8
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Borsanyi, S.;Fodor, Z.;Szabo, K. K.
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Szabo, K. K.
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8.6
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Caldwell, Allen;Dvali, Gia;Steffen, Frank
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Steffen, Frank