# Axion–Sterile Neutrino Dark Matter

@article{Salvio2021AxionSterileND,
title={Axion–Sterile Neutrino Dark Matter},
author={Alberto Salvio and Simone Scollo},
journal={Universe},
year={2021}
}
• Published 3 April 2021
• Physics
• Universe
Extending the standard model with three right-handed neutrinos and a simple QCD axion sector can account for neutrino oscillations, dark matter and baryon asymmetry; at the same time, it solves the strong CP problem, stabilizes the electroweak vacuum and can implement critical Higgs inflation (satisfying all current observational bounds). We perform here a general analysis of dark matter (DM) in such a model, which we call the aνMSM. Although critical Higgs inflation features a (quasi… Expand
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