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arxiv: 0906.5015 · v4 · pith:K3PRNKZQnew · submitted 2009-06-26 · ✦ hep-th · hep-ph

Axions in Gauge Mediation

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keywords axionaxionscosmologygaugemodulimuchaxinosbelow
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In supersymmetric theories, the presence of axions usually implies the existence of a non-compact, (pseudo)moduli space. In gauge mediated models, the axion would seem a particularly promising dark matter candidate. The cosmology of the moduli then constrains the gravitino mass and the axion decay constant; the former can't be much below 10 MeV; the latter can't be much larger than 10^{13} GeV. Axinos, when identifiable, are typically heavy and do not play an important role in cosmology.

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