26–30 Jun 2023
ISEB
US/Pacific timezone

Axion Poltergeist

28 Jun 2023, 16:20
20m
1310 (ISEB)

1310

ISEB

Speaker

Dr Keisuke Inomata (University of Chicago, KICP)

Description

Rotations of axion fields in the early universe can produce dark matter and matter-antimatter asymmetry of the universe.
In a class of models, the equation of state of the rotations rapidly changes from a non-relativistic matter-like one to a kination-like one.
We point out that the rapid change can produce an observable amount of gravitational waves through the Poltergeist mechanism.

Author

Dr Keisuke Inomata (University of Chicago, KICP)

Co-authors

Dr Keisuke Harigaya (Institute for Advaned Study) Takahiro Terada (Institute for Basic Science)

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