QCD axion mass -- dark matter density relation

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Date 18.12.2017
Hour 14:0015:00
Speaker Guy Moore (Darmstadt)
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Category Conferences - Seminars

The hypothetical QCD axion would explain why the strong interactions obey Time-reversal symmetry, and it could also make up the Dark Matter of the Universe.  I argue that, within reasonable assumptions, it should be possible to predict the axion's mass if it makes up all of the dark matter.  I show why making this prediction is difficult in practice, and how to overcome these difficulties.  I predict an axion mass of 26 +- 3 micro-electron volts.

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