From Axions to Other WISPs
Andreas Ringwald
TL;DR
This paper explores how axions and other weakly interacting sub-eV particles (WISPs) naturally emerge from string/M-theory compactifications, providing a theoretical foundation for their existence.
Contribution
It offers a top-down perspective on the origin of WISPs within string/M-theory, linking high-energy theory to potential low-energy particles.
Findings
WISPs can originate from extra-dimensional compactification in string theory.
The paper provides a theoretical framework connecting string theory to observable particles.
It highlights the natural emergence of axions and similar particles in high-dimensional models.
Abstract
We illustrate, taking a top-down point of view, how axions and other very weakly interacting sub-eV particles (WISPs) arise in the course of compactification of the extra spatial dimensions in string/M-theory.
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Taxonomy
TopicsDark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena · Cosmology and Gravitation Theories · Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies