Speaker
Ms
Amy Lloyd-Stubbs
(Lancaster University)
Description
I will present a study of the KSVZ axion model with quasi-degenerate vacua as a minimal model for dark energy and dark matter. I will review axions as dark matter and provide an explanation for dark energy in the form of a difference in vacuum energy density between the electroweak vacuum and a second degenerate minimum in the effective potential, which can be achieved via the scalar threshold effect.
Primary authors
Ms
Amy Lloyd-Stubbs
(Lancaster University)
Dr
John McDonald
(Lancaster University)
