Lattice QCD computations in thermal effective field theory yield sphaleron rates and axion production rates that deviate from perturbative estimates at high temperatures.
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HTL computation of soft axion rates shows interpolation between k=0 and k≈ω, raising ΔN_eff from ~0.03 to ~0.04 for light QCD axions at fa=4×10^8 GeV.
Thermal corrections to reheating and freeze-in DM production rates are generally small in the computable regime but can be large in constructed counter-examples.
A mini-review of axion phenomenology showing how light bosons can account for dark matter, drive cosmic acceleration, or contribute to relativistic backgrounds in the early and late Universe.
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Revisiting the sphaleron and axion production rates in QCD at high temperatures
Lattice QCD computations in thermal effective field theory yield sphaleron rates and axion production rates that deviate from perturbative estimates at high temperatures.
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Energy and momentum dependence of the soft-axion interaction rate
HTL computation of soft axion rates shows interpolation between k=0 and k≈ω, raising ΔN_eff from ~0.03 to ~0.04 for light QCD axions at fa=4×10^8 GeV.
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Thermal effects on Dark Matter production during cosmic reheating
Thermal corrections to reheating and freeze-in DM production rates are generally small in the computable regime but can be large in constructed counter-examples.
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Axions as Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and Dark Radiation
A mini-review of axion phenomenology showing how light bosons can account for dark matter, drive cosmic acceleration, or contribute to relativistic backgrounds in the early and late Universe.