Axions: Theory and Cosmological Role

Masahiro Kawasaki; Kazunori Nakayama

doi:10.1146/annurev-nucl-102212-170536

Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science

Volume 63, 2013

Review Article

Axions: Theory and Cosmological Role

Masahiro Kawasaki^1,2, and Kazunori Nakayama^2,3
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Affiliations: ¹Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8582, Japan; email: [email protected] ²Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, Todai Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8568, Japan ³Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
Vol. 63:69-95 (Volume publication date October 2013) https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-nucl-102212-170536
First published as a Review in Advance on May 29, 2013
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Abstract

We review recent developments in axion cosmology. Topics include axion cold dark matter, axions from topological defects, axion isocurvature perturbation and its non-Gaussianity, and axino/saxion cosmology in a supersymmetric axion model.

Keyword(s): axion, cosmology

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