Open String Axiverse

2025/03/20 by Rudin Petrossian-Byrne, Giovanni Villadoro, Petrossian-Byrne, Rudin +1 · 14 citations
Computer Science · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Video Analysis and Summarization

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2503.16387

openalex publication_date 2025/03/20 · openalex created_date 2025/10/17 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Localized charged fields are a general feature of many realistic string compactifications. In four dimensions they can lead to a multitude of perturbatively-exact global symmetries. If spontaneously broken, they generate a new axiverse compatible with post-inflationary evolutions.

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