Axion Structure Formation I: The Co-motion Picture

Understand

Axions as dark matter is an increasingly important subject in astrophysics and cosmology.

• Experimental and observational searches are mounting across the mass spectrum of axion-like particles, many of which require detailed knowledge of axion structure over a wide range of scales.
• Current understanding of axion structures is far from complete, however, due largely to controversy in modeling the candidate's highly-degenerate state.
• The series Axion Structure Formation seeks to develop a consistent model of QCD axion dark matter dynamics that follows their highly-degenerate nature to the present using novel modeling techniques and sophisticated simulations.