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arxiv: 2411.08691 · v2 · submitted 2024-11-13 · ✦ hep-ph · astro-ph.CO· gr-qc

Chiral Gravitational Wave Background from Audible Axion via Nieh-Yan Term

Baoyu Xu , Keyi Ding , Hong Su , Ju Chen , Yun-Long Zhang This is my paper

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keywords axion-like particlesNieh-Yan termchiral gravitational wavestachyonic instabilityaudible axionsradiation-dominated erapulsar timing arraysgravitational wave spectrum
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Coupling an axion-like field to the Nieh-Yan term produces a chiral gravitational wave background through tachyonic instability during the radiation-dominated era.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper shows that an axion-like particle coupled to the Nieh-Yan term can generate gravitational waves directly and efficiently in the early universe's radiation era. This happens because the coupling triggers a tachyonic instability in gravitational perturbations, leading to exponential growth of certain modes. A sympathetic reader would care because this offers a new mechanism for audible axions to produce observable gravitational wave signals without relying on gauge field couplings. The authors compute the energy spectrum of these chiral waves and the axion energy density, then map out the axion mass and decay constant values that could be detected by pulsar timing arrays or future space-based observatories.

Core claim

The interaction with the Nieh-Yan term leads to the direct and efficient production of gravitational waves during the radiation-dominated era, originating from the tachyonic instability of the gravitational perturbations with the Nieh-Yan term. The energy spectral density of the chiral gravitational wave background and the comoving energy density of axion-like fields are calculated, allowing exploration of the parameter space for detectable signals.

What carries the argument

The Nieh-Yan term coupling to the axion-like field, which induces tachyonic instability in tensor perturbations of the metric.

If this is right

  • The resulting gravitational wave background is chiral and its energy spectral density can be computed numerically.
  • Detectable signals are possible in pulsar timing arrays or space-based detectors for certain ranges of axion mass and decay constant.
  • The comoving energy density of the axion-like fields is determined alongside the wave production.
  • Production occurs efficiently during radiation domination without needing additional gauge field interactions.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The mechanism could provide a way to distinguish axion models by the chirality of the gravitational wave signal.
  • Future detection of chiral gravitational waves in specific frequency bands could constrain the Nieh-Yan coupling strength.
  • Extensions might consider how this affects the evolution of the axion field after the instability phase.

Load-bearing premise

The axion-like field remains in the regime where the Nieh-Yan coupling dominates the dynamics long enough for tachyonic growth to occur before the field oscillates or decays.

What would settle it

Absence of a chiral gravitational wave signal in the frequency range predicted for the explored axion parameter space in pulsar timing array data would challenge the mechanism.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2411.08691 by Baoyu Xu, Hong Su, Ju Chen, Keyi Ding, Yun-Long Zhang.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: FIG. 1. The axions are produced via the misalignment [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p003_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: FIG. 2. The time evolution of normalized field values [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p003_2.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: FIG. 3. The energy spectral density of the gravitational wave [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p005_3.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: FIG. 4. The energy spectral density of nanohertz chiral grav [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p006_4.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 5. Figure 5: FIG. 5. The energy spectral density of microhertz chiral [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p006_5.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 7. Figure 7: FIG. 7. The gravitational wave energy spectral density [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_7.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 8. Figure 8: FIG. 8. The gravitational wave energy spectral density [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_8.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 9. Figure 9: FIG. 9. The evolution of normalized comoving energy [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_9.png] view at source ↗
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Axions and axion-like particles can be probed through gravitational waves indirectly, often referred to as "audible axions". The usual concept of audible axion relies on the coupling between the axions and the gauge fields. Here we consider an axion-like mechanism with coupling to the Nieh-Yan term. This interaction leads to the direct and efficient production of gravitational waves during the radiation-dominated era, originating from the tachyonic instability of the gravitational perturbations with the Nieh-Yan term. We calculate the energy spectral density of the chiral gravitational wave background and the comoving energy density of axion-like fields. Based on the numerical results, we explore the parameter space of axion masses and decay constants for detectable gravitational wave signals, either in pulsar timing arrays or space-based gravitational wave detections.

Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

2 major / 1 minor

Summary. The manuscript proposes that coupling an axion-like field to the Nieh-Yan term induces tachyonic instability in gravitational tensor perturbations during radiation domination, directly sourcing a chiral gravitational wave background. The authors compute the GW energy spectral density and axion comoving energy density numerically, then map the (m, f) parameter space to identify regions yielding signals detectable by pulsar timing arrays or space-based interferometers.

Significance. If the instability persists for sufficient e-folds before the axion oscillates or decays, the mechanism supplies a new, gauge-field-independent channel for audible axions to produce observable chiral GWs in the radiation era. The numerical evaluation of the spectral density and the explicit parameter-space scan constitute concrete, falsifiable outputs that could be confronted with PTA or LISA data.

major comments (2)
  1. [instability analysis and background evolution] The radiation-era background employed for the tensor-mode instability analysis does not evolve the axion equation of motion self-consistently once the Nieh-Yan term and potential m²φ are both active; the duration of the tachyonic window relative to the oscillation timescale set by m is therefore not demonstrated. This assumption is load-bearing for the claim of efficient GW production.
  2. [numerical results and parameter scan] The reported GW energy densities and the boundaries of the detectable (m, f) region rest on the initial conditions that keep the axion velocity constant long enough for growth; without a back-reaction calculation showing that Hubble friction and the potential do not terminate the window first, the numerical results cannot be taken as robust predictions.
minor comments (1)
  1. [introduction and setup] Notation for the Nieh-Yan coupling strength and the precise definition of the axion decay constant f should be stated explicitly at first use to avoid ambiguity with standard axion conventions.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

2 responses · 0 unresolved

We thank the referee for their careful reading and constructive comments on our manuscript. We appreciate the positive assessment of the potential significance of the proposed mechanism. We address each major comment below and will revise the manuscript to strengthen the analysis where indicated.

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  1. Referee: [instability analysis and background evolution] The radiation-era background employed for the tensor-mode instability analysis does not evolve the axion equation of motion self-consistently once the Nieh-Yan term and potential m²φ are both active; the duration of the tachyonic window relative to the oscillation timescale set by m is therefore not demonstrated. This assumption is load-bearing for the claim of efficient GW production.

    Authors: We acknowledge this limitation in the current analysis. The manuscript employs an approximation in which the axion velocity remains approximately constant during the radiation-dominated epoch of interest. To address the referee's concern, we will revise the manuscript to include a fully self-consistent numerical evolution of the axion background equation, incorporating both the potential and the Nieh-Yan term, and explicitly demonstrate that the tachyonic instability window persists for a sufficient number of e-folds before oscillations commence for the relevant (m, f) values. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [numerical results and parameter scan] The reported GW energy densities and the boundaries of the detectable (m, f) region rest on the initial conditions that keep the axion velocity constant long enough for growth; without a back-reaction calculation showing that Hubble friction and the potential do not terminate the window first, the numerical results cannot be taken as robust predictions.

    Authors: We agree that the robustness of the results would benefit from explicit checks against premature termination of the instability window. The current numerical results rely on the chosen initial conditions and the assumption that back-reaction remains subdominant. In the revised manuscript we will add estimates and additional numerical tests of back-reaction effects, confirming that Hubble friction and the mass term do not end the tachyonic growth before significant GW production occurs within the detectable regions of the (m, f) parameter space. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: spectrum computed from instability equations

full rationale

The paper solves the tensor perturbation equations with the Nieh-Yan coupling term to obtain the tachyonic growth and resulting GW energy density during radiation domination. No parameter is fitted to the target GW signal and then relabeled as a prediction; no self-citation supplies a load-bearing uniqueness theorem or ansatz; the derivation does not reduce any claimed result to its own inputs by construction. The numerical exploration of axion mass and decay-constant space follows directly from those mode solutions.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

2 free parameters · 2 axioms · 0 invented entities

The central claim rests on standard radiation-dominated FLRW background, linear perturbation theory for gravitational waves, and the existence of a Nieh-Yan coupling term; no new entities are introduced.

free parameters (2)
  • axion mass m
    Scanned to determine detectable GW signals
  • axion decay constant f
    Scanned to determine detectable GW signals
axioms (2)
  • domain assumption Radiation-dominated FLRW background with standard expansion history
    Used for the era in which the instability occurs
  • standard math Linearized gravitational perturbations around the background
    Required for tachyonic instability analysis

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