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arxiv: 1310.1774 · v1 · pith:MCAZKVEYnew · submitted 2013-10-07 · ✦ hep-ph · astro-ph.CO

Axions as Hot and Cold Dark Matter

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keywords axionsdarkdecaymatterbosonscoldnambu-goldstoneproduced
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The presence of a hot dark matter component has been hinted at 3 sigma by a combination of the results from different cosmological observations. We examine a possibility that pseudo Nambu-Goldstone bosons account for both hot and cold dark matter components. We show that the QCD axions can do the job for the axion decay constant f_a < O(10^10) GeV, if they are produced by the saxion decay and the domain wall annihilation. We also investigate the cases of thermal QCD axions, pseudo Nambu-Goldstone bosons coupled to the standard model sector through the Higgs portal, and axions produced by modulus decay.

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