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Charge transfer between rotating complex scalar fields

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Valerie Domcke *
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Keisuke Harigaya
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Kyohei Mukaida
DOI:10.1007/JHEP08(2022)234delete
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Abstract

Abstract

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We consider the transfer of a U(1) charge density between Bose-Einstein condensates of complex scalar fields coupled to a thermal bath, focusing on the case of a homogeneous Affleck-Dine field transmitting the charge stored in its angular motion to an axion field. We demonstrate that in the absence of additional symmetries this charge transfer, aided by cosmic expansion as well as the thermal effective potential of the Affleck-Dine field, can be very efficient. The charge redistribution between the scalar fields becomes possible if the interactions with the thermal bath break the original U(1) x U(1) symmetry down to a single U(1) symmetry; the charge distribution between the two fields is then determined by minimizing the free energy. We discuss implications for cosmological setups involving complex scalars, with applications to axion dark matter, baryogenesis, kination domination, and gravitational wave production.
Keywords:
Cosmology of Theories BSM
Early Universe Particle Physics
Axions and ALPs
Supersymmetry

Journal

Journal of High Energy Physics cover
Journal of High Energy Physics
IF:
5.5
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3.9W
Citations:
13.7W

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Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
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1.7W
Papers: 1.3W
Citations: 25