000478849 001__ 478849 000478849 005__ 20230510114024.0 000478849 0247_ $$2INSPIRETeX$$aPapageorgiou:2022prc 000478849 0247_ $$2inspire$$ainspire:2090840 000478849 0247_ $$2arXiv$$aarXiv:2206.01129 000478849 0247_ $$2datacite_doi$$a10.3204/PUBDB-2022-02799 000478849 037__ $$aPUBDB-2022-02799 000478849 041__ $$aEnglish 000478849 088__ $$2DESY$$aDESY-22-094 000478849 088__ $$2arXiv$$aarXiv:2206.01129 000478849 088__ $$2Other$$aCTPU-PTC-22-11 000478849 088__ $$2Other$$aMS-TP-22-17 000478849 088__ $$2CERN$$aCERN-TH-2022-091 000478849 1001_ $$aPapageorgiou, A.$$b0 000478849 245__ $$aAxion dark matter from frictional misalignment 000478849 260__ $$c2022 000478849 3367_ $$0PUB:(DE-HGF)25$$2PUB:(DE-HGF)$$aPreprint$$bpreprint$$mpreprint$$s1678800801_12312 000478849 3367_ $$2ORCID$$aWORKING_PAPER 000478849 3367_ $$028$$2EndNote$$aElectronic Article 000478849 3367_ $$2DRIVER$$apreprint 000478849 3367_ $$2BibTeX$$aARTICLE 000478849 3367_ $$2DataCite$$aOutput Types/Working Paper 000478849 500__ $$a17 pages, 6 figures and 2 tables 000478849 520__ $$aWe study the impact of sphaleron-induced thermal friction on the axion dark-matter abundance due to the interaction of an axion-like particle (ALP) with a dark non-Abelian gauge sector in a secluded thermal bath. Thermal friction can either enhance the axion relic density by delaying the onset of oscillations or suppress it by damping them. We derive an analytical formula for the $frictional$ $adiabatic$ $invariant$, which remains constant along the axion evolution and which allows us to compute the axion relic density in a general set-up. Even in the most minimal scenario, in which a single gauge group is responsible for both the generation of the ALP mass and the friction force, we find that the resulting dark-matter abundance from the misalignment mechanism deviates from the standard scenario for axion masses $m_a\gtrsim 100 \; {\rm eV}$. We also generalize our analysis to the case where the gauge field that induces friction and the gauge sector responsible for the ALP mass are distinct and their couplings to the axion have a large hierarchy as can be justified by means of alignment or clockwork scenarios. We find that it is easy to open up the ALP parameter space where the resulting axion abundance matches the observed dark-matter relic density both in the traditionally over- and underabundant regimes. This conclusion also holds for the QCD axion. 000478849 536__ $$0G:(DE-HGF)POF4-611$$a611 - Fundamental Particles and Forces (POF4-611)$$cPOF4-611$$fPOF IV$$x0 000478849 588__ $$aDataset connected to INSPIRE 000478849 650_7 $$2INSPIRE$$aaxion, dark matter 000478849 650_7 $$2INSPIRE$$aaxion, relic density 000478849 650_7 $$2INSPIRE$$adark matter, relic density 000478849 650_7 $$2INSPIRE$$aquantum chromodynamics, axion 000478849 650_7 $$2INSPIRE$$agauge, nonabelian 000478849 650_7 $$2INSPIRE$$aaxion, mass 000478849 650_7 $$2INSPIRE$$ainvariance, adiabatic 000478849 650_7 $$2INSPIRE$$athermal 000478849 650_7 $$2INSPIRE$$aalignment 000478849 650_7 $$2INSPIRE$$aoscillation 000478849 650_7 $$2INSPIRE$$ahierarchy 000478849 650_7 $$2INSPIRE$$agauge field theory 000478849 650_7 $$2INSPIRE$$aaxion-like particles 000478849 693__ $$0EXP:(DE-MLZ)NOSPEC-20140101$$5EXP:(DE-MLZ)NOSPEC-20140101$$eNo specific instrument$$x0 000478849 7001_ $$0P:(DE-H253)PIP1091190$$aQuilez Lasanta, Pablo$$b1$$eCorresponding author 000478849 7001_ $$aSchmitz, K.$$b2 000478849 8564_ $$uhttps://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/478849/files/HTML-Approval_of_scientific_publication.html 000478849 8564_ $$uhttps://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/478849/files/PDF-Approval_of_scientific_publication.pdf 000478849 8564_ $$uhttps://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/478849/files/2206.01129v1.pdf$$yOpenAccess 000478849 8564_ $$uhttps://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/478849/files/2206.01129v1.pdf?subformat=pdfa$$xpdfa$$yOpenAccess 000478849 909CO $$ooai:bib-pubdb1.desy.de:478849$$pdnbdelivery$$pdriver$$pVDB$$popen_access$$popenaire 000478849 9101_ $$0I:(DE-588b)2008985-5$$6P:(DE-H253)PIP1091190$$aDeutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron$$b1$$kDESY 000478849 9131_ $$0G:(DE-HGF)POF4-611$$1G:(DE-HGF)POF4-610$$2G:(DE-HGF)POF4-600$$3G:(DE-HGF)POF4$$4G:(DE-HGF)POF$$aDE-HGF$$bForschungsbereich Materie$$lMatter and the Universe$$vFundamental Particles and Forces$$x0 000478849 9141_ $$y2022 000478849 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0510$$2StatID$$aOpenAccess 000478849 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0580$$2StatID$$aPublished 000478849 9201_ $$0I:(DE-H253)T-20120731$$kT$$lTheorie-Gruppe$$x0 000478849 980__ $$apreprint 000478849 980__ $$aVDB 000478849 980__ $$aI:(DE-H253)T-20120731 000478849 980__ $$aUNRESTRICTED 000478849 9801_ $$aFullTexts