PLANCK-SCALE PHYSICS AND THE PECCEI-QUINN MECHANISM

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作者
KAMIONKOWSKI, M [1 ]
MARCHRUSSELL, J [1 ]
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[1] PRINCETON UNIV,JOSEPH HENRY LABS,PRINCETON,NJ 08544
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10.1016/0370-2693(92)90492-M
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P1 [天文学];
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Global-symmetry violating higher-dimension operators, expected to be induced by Planck-scale physics, in general drastically alter the properties of the axion field associated with the Peccei-Quinn solution to the strong-CP problem, and render this solution unnatural. The particle physics and cosmology associated with other global symmetries can also be significantly changed.
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