25–27 Feb 2026
CERN
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How robust is the QCD axion? A systematic study in a non-minimal model

25 Feb 2026, 11:30
10m
4/3-006 - TH Conference Room (CERN)

4/3-006 - TH Conference Room

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Speaker

Fuensanta Viches Bravo (Universidad de Granada)

Description

The axion is one of the most compelling candidates for physics beyond the Standard Model, as it simultaneously provides a solution to the strong CP problem and a viable dark matter candidate. In post-inflationary scenarios, the minimal QCD axion model leads to strong constraints on the axion mass from the dark matter relic abundance. Specific quantization relations hold for the axion-gauge couplings which constrain further the parameter space. In this work, we test how robust these phenomenological features are in multiple-axion scenarios. Considering a two-axion framework, we explore whether new regions of parameter space remain theoretically and phenomenologically motivated.

Author

Fuensanta Viches Bravo (Universidad de Granada)

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