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An axion rotating in field space can produce dark photons in the early universe via tachyonic instability. This explosive particle production creates a background of stochastic gravitational waves that may be visible at pulsar timing arrays or other gravitational wave detectors. This scenario provides a novel history for dark photon dark matter. The dark photons may be warm at a level detectable in future 21-cm line surveys. For a consistent cosmology, the radial direction of the complex field containing the axion must be thermalized. We explore a concrete thermalization mechanism in detail and also demonstrate how this setup can be responsible for the generation of the observed baryon asymmetry.
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Co, R.T., Harigaya, K. & Pierce, A. Gravitational waves and dark photon dark matter from axion rotations. J. High Energ. Phys. 2021, 99 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP12(2021)099
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