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The low-energy effective theory of axions and ALPs

Bauer, Martin; Neubert, Matthias; Renner, Sophie; Schnubel, Marvin; Thamm, Andrea

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Matthias Neubert

Sophie Renner

Marvin Schnubel

Andrea Thamm



Abstract

Axions and axion-like particles (ALPs) are well-motivated low-energy relics of high-energy extensions of the Standard Model, which interact with the known particles through higher-dimensional operators suppressed by the mass scale Λ of the new-physics sector. Starting from the most general dimension-5 interactions, we discuss in detail the evolution of the ALP couplings from the new-physics scale to energies at and below the scale of electroweak symmetry breaking. We derive the relevant anomalous dimensions at two-loop order in gauge couplings and one-loop order in Yukawa interactions, carefully considering the treatment of a redundant operator involving an ALP coupling to the Higgs current. We account for one-loop (and partially two-loop) matching contributions at the weak scale, including in particular flavor-changing effects. The relations between different equivalent forms of the effective Lagrangian are discussed in detail. We also construct the effective chiral Lagrangian for an ALP interacting with photons and light pseudoscalar mesons, pointing out important differences with the corresponding Lagrangian for the QCD axion.

Citation

Bauer, M., Neubert, M., Renner, S., Schnubel, M., & Thamm, A. (2021). The low-energy effective theory of axions and ALPs. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2021(4), Article 63. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep04%282021%29063

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Feb 22, 2021
Online Publication Date Apr 8, 2021
Publication Date 2021
Deposit Date Jul 27, 2021
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Journal of High Energy Physics
Print ISSN 1126-6708
Electronic ISSN 1029-8479
Publisher Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA)
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 2021
Issue 4
Article Number 63
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep04%282021%29063

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