Thraxions: ultralight throat axions

Abstract We argue that a new type of extremely light axion is generically present in the type IIB part of the string theory landscape. Its mass is suppressed by the third power of the warp factor of a strongly warped region (Klebanov-Strassler throat), suggesting the name thraxion. Our observation i...

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Main Authors: Arthur Hebecker, Sascha Leonhardt, Jakob Moritz, Alexander Westphal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-04-01
Series:Journal of High Energy Physics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP04(2019)158