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We show that a new chiral, confining interaction can be used to break PecceiQuinn symmetry dynamically and solve the domain wall problem, simultaneously. The resulting theory is an invisible QCD axion model without domain walls. No dangerous heavy relics appear.
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Reig, M. On the high-scale instanton interference effect: axion models without domain wall problem. J. High Energ. Phys. 2019, 167 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2019)167
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