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Inspired by the S.M.A.S.H. framework we construct a model that addresses the strong CP problem, axion dark matter, inflation and Dirac neutrino masses as well as leptogenesis. The model possesses only two dynamical scales, namely the SM breaking scale $v_H$ and the Peccei Quinn (PQ) breaking scale $v_\sigma$. We introduce heavy vector-like quarks in the usual KSVZ fashion to implement the PQ mechanism for the strong CP problem. To generate neutrino masses via a dimension six operator scaling as $m_\nu \sim v_H^3 / v_\sigma^2$ we add heavy triplet and doublet leptons, which are vector-like under the SM but chiral under PQ symmetry. The model is free from the cosmological domain wall problem and predicts an axion to photon coupling which is about an order of magnitude larger than in conventional DFSZ and KSVZ models. Thus our scenario can be probed and potentially excluded by current and next generation axion experiments such as ORGAN or MADMAX. In addition we numerically demonstrate that our construction can generate the observed baryon asymmetry by realizing a version of the Dirac-Leptogenesis scenario. As a consequence of our neutrino mass mechanism we find that the asymmetry in t

Author

Berbig, Maximilian

Published

2022

Language

EN