Cosmology of axion dark matter

作者：C. O’Hare · 发表于：Proceedings of 1st General Meeting and 1st Training School of the COST Action COSMIC WSIPers — PoS(COSMICWISPers) · 年份：2024 · DOI：10.22323/1.454.0040 · 被引用次数：143 · 研究领域：Physics

I present an introduction and topical review on axions as a dark matter candidate. Emphasis is placed on issues surrounding the cosmology of axion dark matter that are relevant for present-day searches, including: early-Universe production mechanisms, predictions of the axion mass, bounds on axion properties derived from cosmological data, as well as the direct and indirect detection of relic axion populations.