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Einstein-Yang-Mills-aether theory with nonlinear axion field:
Decay of color aether and the axionic dark matter production

Alexander B. Balakin Alexander.Balakin@kpfu.ru Department of General Relativity and Gravitation, Institute of Physics, Kazan Federal University, Kremlevskaya str. 18, Kazan 420008, Russia    Gleb B. Kiselev gleb@karnaval.su Department of General Relativity and Gravitation, Institute of Physics, Kazan Federal University, Kremlevskaya str. 18, Kazan 420008, Russia
Abstract

We establish a nonlinear version of the SU(N) symmetric theory, which describes self-consistently the interaction between the gravitational, gauge, vector and pseudoscalar (axion) fields. In the context of this theory the SU(N) symmetric multiplet of vector fields is associated with the color aether, the decay of which in the early Universe produced the canonic dynamic aether and the axionic dark matter. The SU(N) symmetric Yang-Mills field, associated with the color aether, forms the source, which transfers the energy of the decaying color aether to the axion field. The nonlinear modification of the model uses explicitly the requirement of discrete symmetry, prescribed by the axion field, and is based on the analogy with nonlinear physical pendulum. We show that in the framework of this nonlinear regular model the axion field can grow to an arbitrarily large value, thus explaining the abundance of the axionic dark matter in the Universe.

I Introduction

Dark matter, the important element of the Universe structure, highly likely consists of axions and axion-like massive particles DM1 ; DM2 ; DM3 ; DM4 ; DM5 ; DM6 ; DM7 . There is a number of scenaria according to which the relic axions could be produced in the early Universe a1 ; a2 ; a3 ; a4 ; a5 ; a6 ; a7 ; a8 ; a9 ; a10 ; a11 ; a12 ; a13 ; a14 ; a15 ; a16 . One of these scenaria is connected with the idea of contact coupling between the gauge and pseudoscalar fields. This idea arises naturally, when one sees the interaction term 14gAθFmn(a)F(a)mn\frac{1}{4}g_{A}\theta\ {}^{*}\!F^{(a)}_{mn}F^{mn}_{(a)} in the Lagrangian discussed in the classical works PQ ; W ; F . The term equal to the convolution of the Yang-Mills field strength F(a)mnF^{mn}_{(a)} with its dual Fmn(a){}^{*}\!F^{(a)}_{mn} multiplied by the pseudoscalar field θ\theta and sealed by the coupling constant gAg_{A}, indicates unambiguously that the evolutionary equation for the axion field itself has to have the pseudo-source 14gAFmn(a)F(a)mn-\frac{1}{4}g_{A}{}^{*}\!F^{(a)}_{mn}F^{mn}_{(a)} formed by the SU(N) symmetric gauge field. In other words, when the Yang-Mills field configuration provides this pseudo-source to be non-vanishing, we have the right to expect that the axion field can be produced due to such interaction. But there are three questions in this reasoning.

I. The first question is connected with the origin of the SU(N) symmetric gauge field. The multiplet of gauge field potentials Am(a)A^{(a)}_{m} can appear in the SU(N) symmetric theory as the element of the extended covariant derivative acting on the scalar, vector, spinor, etc. fields. For instance, when we work with the multiplet of vector fields Uj(a)U^{j(a)}, the usage of the extended covariant derivative of the vector field multiplet DkUj(a)=kUj(a)+gf(b)(c)(a)Ak(b)Uj(c)D_{k}U^{j(a)}=\nabla_{k}U^{j(a)}{+}gf^{(a)}_{\ (b)(c)}A^{(b)}_{k}U^{j(c)} guarantees the theory to possess the SU(N) invariance, on the one hand, and provides the gauge field to become the inherent element of the theory, on the other hand. Thus, one can consider the following scenario of the axion production… Let us imagine that in the early Universe we deal with the SU(N) symmetric multiplet of vector fields indicated in the works color1 ; color2 as the SU(N) symmetric dynamic aether, or the color aether, for short. The model of the color aether is considered to be a SU(N) extension of the model of the dynamic aether, introduced by Jacobson with colleagues (see, e.g., J1 ; J2 ; J3 ; J4 ; J5 ; this color aether converts into the dynamic aether due to the spontaneous color polarization color2 . So if the gauge field, associated with the color aether, interacts with the pseudoscalar field, we could obtain the axion production, and these relic axions could form now the axionic dark matter.

II. The second question is connected with the energy transfer from the gauge field to the axion configuration. Clearly, a huge number of axions should be born as a result of interactions between the gauge and pseudoscalar fields in the early Universe, if now these particles form the dark matter, associated with 23% of the Universe energy density. In other words, we assume that in the course of decay the energy of the color aether was partially transferred to the canonic dynamic aether, and partially to the axion configuration, the gauge field being the mediator of this process. We assume that the theory, which could explain this phenomenon, has to be nonlinear (see, e.g., Non0 ; Non1 ; Non2 ; Non3 for motivation and examples of modeling in the U(1) symmetric theory).

III. The third question concerns the symmetry of the model, since it is the symmetry that guarantees the rigor of the theory formulations in the absence of a sufficient amount of observational data. In the works Non2 ; Non3 , which deal with nonlinear axion electrodynamics, we considered two special internal symmetries in addition to the standard requirements of general relativistic approach and in addition to the standard U(1) symmetry of electrodynamics. First, we took into account that the nonlinear model has to be invariant with respect to the discrete transformation of the axion field θθ+2πn\theta\to\theta{+}2\pi n (nn is an integer). Second, we assumed that the axion electrodynamics also is invariant with respect to the Jackson’s symmetry, which also can be indicated as the SO(2) symmetry of classical electrodynamics Jackson . This symmetry assumes that the Faraday-Maxwell equations hold the form, if we use the linear transformations of the electric and magnetic field four-vectors EkE~k=cosφEk+sinφBkE^{k}\to{\tilde{E}^{k}}=\cos{\varphi}E^{k}{+}\sin{\varphi}B^{k} and BkB~k=sinφEk+cosφBkB^{k}\to{\tilde{B}^{k}}={-}\sin{\varphi}E^{k}{+}\cos{\varphi}B^{k} with some constant angle φ\varphi. When we deal with the axion chromodynamics (SU(3) symmetric theory), or with general SU(N) symmetric models involving the Yang-Mills fields coupled to the axion field, of course, we have to use again the discrete symmetry θθ+2πn\theta\to\theta{+}2\pi n. As for the Jackson’s symmetry, its generalization for the Yang-Mills theory bumps into one disputable moment. The Yang-Mills field strength tensor Fmn(a)=mAn(a)nAm(a)+gf(b)(c)(a)Am(b)An(c)F^{(a)}_{mn}=\nabla_{m}A^{(a)}_{n}{-}\nabla_{n}A^{(a)}_{m}{+}gf^{(a)}_{\ (b)(c)}A^{(b)}_{m}A^{(c)}_{n} with the group index (a)(a) contains not only the potential Am(a)A^{(a)}_{m} with the same group index, but all other vector potentials also, if the SU(N) group constants f(b)(c)(a)f^{(a)}_{\ (b)(c)} are non-vanishing. In other words, for the non-Abelian Yang-Mills fields the formal application of the Jackson’s symmetry seems to be not sufficiently justified. That is why, in this work we suggest to use the idea of generalization, which is associated with the model of physical pendulum in the classical mechanics. One can recall, that the equation x¨+ω02sinx=0\ddot{x}{+}\omega^{2}_{0}\sin{x}=0, which describes the physical pendulum, converts into the equation of harmonic oscillations of the mathematical pendulum x¨+ω02x=0\ddot{x}{+}\omega^{2}_{0}x=0 , when xx is small. For the physical pendulum the constant ω0\omega_{0} can be eliminated by the time transformation tτ=ω0tt\to\tau=\omega_{0}t, i.e., the parameter T0=1ω0T_{0}=\frac{1}{\omega_{0}} defines the typical time scale of the evolution; in the case of mathematical pendulum ω0\omega_{0} relates to the frequency of the harmonic oscillations. Mention should be made that formally speaking the equation of physical pendulum is invariant with respect to discrete transformation xx+2πnx\to x+2\pi n (nn is an integer), while the equation of the mathematical pendulum does not possesses this symmetry. As the result, the solutions to the second equation remain finite, however, the equation of the physical pendulum admits the solutions, which grow with time quasi-periodically (see, e.g., Arnold for details).

Keeping in mind the analogy with physical pendulum and taking into account the discrete symmetry, which the theory of axions insists on, we consider below the nonlinear Lagrangian of the Yang-Mills field in the form (){\cal L}({\cal I}) with the unified invariant {\cal I} given by

=14[Fmn(a)F(a)mn+sinϕFmn(a)F(a)mn].{\cal I}=\frac{1}{4}\left[F^{(a)}_{mn}F_{(a)}^{mn}+\sin{\phi}{}^{*}\!F^{(a)}_{mn}F_{(a)}^{mn}\right]\,. (1)

Here ϕ\phi denotes the dimensionless pseudoscalar field associated with the axionic dark matter. The function (){\cal L}({\cal I}) is assumed to have at least two continuous derivatives and tends to {\cal I} for small argument. The color aether coupled to the axion field, is presented below using the extended constitutive tensor, nonlinear in the axion field, which also supports the discrete symmetry prescribed by the axion field.

To conclude, we would like to emphasize that the novelty of this work is associated with three items. First, based on the nonlinear version of the axion electrodynamics constructed in Non2 ; Non3 , we develop the generalized nonlinear axion chromodynamics, i.e., we use the SU(N) symmetric Yang-Mills field instead of U(1) symmetric electromagnetic field. Second, we assume that the configuration of coupled gauge and pseudoscalar fields possesses the symmetry indicated as symmetry of physical pendulum, which came to replace the Jackson’s symmetry of the nonlinear axion electrodynamics. Third, we consider the backreaction of the axion field on the color aether, which is encoded in the structure of the generalized Jacobson’s constitutive tensor; in this sense, the program of axionic extension of the dynamic aether fulfilled in AA is now (partially) expanded on the model of color aether with gauge field.

The paper is organized as follows. In Section II the formalism of the theory is presented: starting from the nonlinearly extended Lagrangian of the coupled SU(N) symmetric quartet, which includes the gravitational, gauge, vector and pseudoscalar fields, the self-consistent set of master equations is derived. In Section III based on the idea of the spontaneous color polarization, we reduced the master equations for the case of vector and gauge fields parallel in the group space, then we considered the application of this truncated model to the anisotropic cosmological model of the Bianchi-I type, and have found the exact solutions to the equations for the gauge and vector fields. In Section IV we focus on the solutions to the equation for the axion field, and discuss the possibilities for the axion field growth. Section V contains conclusions.

II The formalism

II.1 Action functional and basic definitions

The details of interaction between gravitational, gauge, vector and pseudoscalar fields are encoded in the action functional

S=d4xg{12κ[R+2Λ+λ(U(a)mUm(a)1)+𝒦(a)(b)ijmnDiUm(a)DjUn(b)]+S{=}\int d^{4}x\sqrt{{-}g}\left\{\frac{1}{2\kappa}\left[R{+}2\Lambda{+}\lambda\left(U^{m}_{(a)}U^{(a)}_{m}{-}1\right){+}{\cal K}^{ijmn}_{(a)(b)}D_{i}U^{(a)}_{m}D_{j}U^{(b)}_{n}\right]+\right.
+()+12Ψ02[V(ϕ)kϕkϕ]}.\left.{+}{\cal L}({\cal I}){+}\frac{1}{2}\Psi^{2}_{0}\left[V(\phi){-}\nabla_{k}\phi\nabla^{k}\phi\right]\right\}\,. (2)

The gravitational field is described using the standard Einstein-Hilbert Lagrangian: g\sqrt{-g} is constructed using the determinant of the spacetime metric gmng_{mn}; RR is the Ricci scalar, Λ\Lambda is the cosmological constant, κ=8πG\kappa{=}8\pi G is the Einstein constant (c=1c{=}1). Other elements of the total Lagrangian require more detailed definitions.

II.1.1 Multiplet of vector fields

We work with the multiplet of real vector fields Uj(a)U^{j(a)}, which appear in the adjoint representation of the SU(N) group Rubakov . We assume that the vector fields satisfy the condition Um(a)Un(b)gmnG(a)(b)=1U^{m(a)}U^{n(b)}g_{mn}G_{(a)(b)}{=}1. The group index aa runs in the range a=1,2,N21a=1,2,...N^{2}{-}1. G(a)(b)G_{(a)(b)} is the metric in the group space; it is defined as follows

G(a)(b)=(𝐭(a),𝐭(b))2Tr𝐭(a)𝐭(b)G_{(a)(b)}=\left({\bf t}_{(a)},{\bf t}_{(b)}\right)\equiv 2{\rm Tr}\ {\bf t}_{(a)}{\bf t}_{(b)} (3)

via the SU(N) group generators 𝐭(a){\bf t}_{(a)}, which satisfy the commutation relations

[𝐭(a),𝐭(b)]=if(a)(b)(c)𝐭(c).\left[{\bf t}_{(a)},{\bf t}_{(b)}\right]=if^{(c)}_{\ (a)(b)}{\bf t}_{(c)}\,. (4)

This formula involves the SU(N) group constants f(b)(c)(a)f^{(a)}_{\ (b)(c)}, which satisfy the Jacobi identity

f(b)(c)(a)f(e)(h)(c)+f(e)(c)(a)f(h)(b)(c)+f(h)(c)(a)f(b)(e)(c)=0.f^{(a)}_{\ (b)(c)}f^{(c)}_{\ (e)(h)}{+}f^{(a)}_{\ (e)(c)}f^{(c)}_{\ (h)(b)}{+}f^{(a)}_{\ (h)(c)}f^{(c)}_{\ (b)(e)}{=}0\,. (5)

The structure constants with three subscripts

f(c)(a)(b)G(c)(d)f(a)(b)(d)=2iTr[𝐭(a),𝐭(b)]𝐭(c)f_{(c)(a)(b)}\equiv G_{(c)(d)}f^{(d)}_{\ (a)(b)}={-}2i{\rm Tr}\left[{\bf t}_{(a)},{\bf t}_{(b)}\right]{\bf t}_{(c)} (6)

are antisymmetric with respect to transposition of any two indices. The Lagrange multiplier λ\lambda appeared in front of the term (U(a)mUm(a)1)\left(U^{m}_{(a)}U^{(a)}_{m}{-}1\right) stands to guarantee that this term is equal to zero. The SU(N) symmetric extended covariant derivative Akhiezer in the application to the vector field yields

DkUj(a)=kUj(a)+gf(b)(c)(a)Ak(b)Uj(c),D_{k}U^{j(a)}=\nabla_{k}U^{j(a)}+gf^{(a)}_{\ (b)(c)}A^{(b)}_{k}U^{j(c)}\,, (7)

where k\nabla_{k} is the spacetime covariant derivative. It includes the coupling constant gg and the multiplet of co-vector potentials Am(a)A^{(a)}_{m}, describing the gauge field attributed to the SU(N) group. The metric G(a)(b)G_{(a)(b)} and the structure constants f(a)(c)(d)f^{(d)}_{\ (a)(c)} satisfy the conditions

DmG(a)(b)=0,Dmf(b)(c)(a)=0,D_{m}G_{(a)(b)}=0\,,\qquad D_{m}f^{(a)}_{\ (b)(c)}=0\,, (8)

i.e., they are the gauge covariant constant tensors in the group space:

II.1.2 Yang-Mills tensors

The multiplet of tensors Fmn(a)F^{(a)}_{mn} is expressed via Am(a)A^{(a)}_{m} as follows:

Fmn(a)=mAn(a)nAm(a)+gf(b)(c)(a)Am(b)An(c).F^{(a)}_{mn}=\nabla_{m}A^{(a)}_{n}-\nabla_{n}A^{(a)}_{m}+gf^{(a)}_{\ (b)(c)}A^{(b)}_{m}A^{(c)}_{n}\,. (9)

This multiplet of tensors describes the gauge field strength and is indicated by the term Yang-Mills tensors. The dual tensors Fik(a){}^{*}\!F^{ik(a)}

Fik(a)=12ϵiklsFls(a),{}^{*}\!F^{ik(a)}=\frac{1}{2}\epsilon^{ikls}F^{(a)}_{ls}\,, (10)

are based on the universal Levi-Civita pseudo tensor ϵikls=Eiklsg\epsilon^{ikls}=\frac{E^{ikls}}{\sqrt{-g}} (E0123=1E^{0123}=1). When we use the definition (9), we obtain the identity

DkFik(a)kFik(a)+gf(b)(c)(a)Ak(b)Fik(c)=0.D_{k}{}^{*}\!F^{ik(a)}\equiv\nabla_{k}\ ^{*}\!F^{ik(a)}+gf^{(a)}_{\ (b)(c)}A^{(b)}_{k}{{}^{*}\!F^{ik(c)}}=0\,. (11)

II.1.3 Axion field

The pseudoscalar (axion) field is described by the term ϕ\phi (here we use the dimensionless quantity ϕ\phi instead of θ\theta). Ψ0\Psi_{0} is the coupling constant describing the interaction of the axions with the gauge field. According to the theory of axions, the Lagrangian of the axionically active system has to be invariant with respect to discrete symmetry ϕϕ+2πn\phi\to\phi+2\pi n (nn is an integer), that is why we consider the potential of the axion field V(ϕ)V(\phi) to be of the periodic form

V(ϕ)=2mA2(1cosϕ).V(\phi)=2m^{2}_{A}\left(1-\cos{\phi}\right)\,. (12)

The term 14sinϕFmn(a)F(a)mn\frac{1}{4}\sin{\phi}{}^{*}\!F^{(a)}_{mn}F^{mn}_{(a)} in the unified invariant (1) also satisfies this discrete symmetry. As well as, the function sinϕ\sin{\phi} is odd, thus it changes the sign, when ttt\to-t, as the properties of the pseudoscalar field require. When ϕ0\phi\to 0 the mentioned term converts into 14ϕFmn(a)F(a)mn\frac{1}{4}\phi{}^{*}\!F^{(a)}_{mn}F^{mn}_{(a)} recovering the original term introduced by Peccei and Quinn PQ .

II.1.4 Extended Jacobson’s constitutive tensor

The structure of the constitutive tensor

𝒦(a)(b)ijmn=cosϕ[G(a)(b)(C1gijgmn+C2gimgjn+C3gingjm)+C4U(a)iU(b)jgmn]+{\cal K}^{ijmn}_{(a)(b)}=\cos{\phi}\left[G_{(a)(b)}\left(C_{1}g^{ij}g^{mn}{+}C_{2}g^{im}g^{jn}{+}C_{3}g^{in}g^{jm}\right)+C_{4}U^{i}_{(a)}U^{j}_{(b)}g^{mn}\right]+ (13)
+sinϕ{C5G(a)(b)ϵijmn+C6[Us(a)(U(b)iϵjsmn+U(b)jϵisnm)+Us(b)(U(a)iϵjsmn+U(a)jϵisnm)]},{+}\sin{\phi}\left\{C_{5}G_{(a)(b)}\epsilon^{ijmn}{+}C_{6}\left[U_{s(a)}\left(U^{i}_{(b)}\epsilon^{jsmn}{+}U^{j}_{(b)}\epsilon^{isnm}\right){+}U_{s(b)}\left(U^{i}_{(a)}\epsilon^{jsmn}{+}U^{j}_{(a)}\epsilon^{isnm}\right)\right]\right\}\,,

which we use in the Lagrangian, can be explained as follows. First, when ϕ=0\phi=0, and there is only one unit vector field UiU^{i}, this term recovers the Jacobson’s constitutive tensor J1 . Second, this tensor holds the form when we use the transformation iji\to j, mnm\to n, aba\to b simultaneously, i.e., it supports the internal symmetry of the kinetic term 𝒦(a)(b)ijmnDiUm(a)DjUn(b){\cal K}^{ijmn}_{(a)(b)}D_{i}U^{(a)}_{m}D_{j}U^{(b)}_{n}. Third, this constitutive tensor includes ϕ\phi as the argument of the trigonometric functions only, thus supporting the requirement of the discrete symmetry, prescribed by the axion field. Clearly, without the pseudoscalar field, i.e., when ϕ=0\phi=0, the Jacobson’s constitutive tensor could not contain the Levi-Civita pseudo-tensor ϵijmn\epsilon^{ijmn}. In other words, axionic extension of the Einstein-Yang-Mills-aether theory allows us to add principally new terms and new phenomenological constants C5C_{5} and C6C_{6}. As it was mentioned in color1 there are also a lot of possibilities to introduce new coupling constants, however, we omit them, since after the decay of the color aether, when all the vector fields become parallel in the group space, the mentioned terms disappear and the corresponding coupling constants become hidden. To conclude, in addition to the coupling constants C1C_{1}, C2C_{2}, C3C_{3} and C4C_{4} introduced in the classical work J1 , we consider two new coupling constants C5C_{5} and C6C_{6}, which are appropriate just for the axionic extension of the theory.

II.2 Master equations of the model

The total set of model equations can be obtained by the variation with respect to gauge potentials Ai(a)A^{(a)}_{i}, Lagrange multiplier λ\lambda, vector fields Uj(a)U^{j(a)}, pseudoscalar field ϕ\phi, and the metric gpqg^{pq}. This procedure gives the following results.

II.2.1 Equations for the Yang-Mills fields

Variation of the action functional (2) with respect to Ai(a)A^{(a)}_{i} gives the extended Yang-Mills equations

Dk{()[F(a)ik+sinϕF(a)ik]}=Γ(a)i,D_{k}\left\{{\cal L}^{\prime}({\cal I})\left[F^{ik}_{(a)}+\sin{\phi}\ {}^{*}\!F^{ik}_{(a)}\right]\right\}=\Gamma^{i}_{(a)}\,, (14)

where the prime denotes the derivative with respect to the argument of the function. The color current Γ(a)i\Gamma^{i}_{(a)}

Γ(a)i=gκf(c)(a)(d)Um(c)𝒦(d)(b)ijmnDjUn(b)\Gamma^{i}_{(a)}=\frac{g}{\kappa}f^{(d)}_{\ (c)(a)}U^{(c)}_{m}{\cal K}^{ijmn}_{(d)(b)}D_{j}U^{(b)}_{n} (15)

appears because of variation of the second term in the right-hand side of (7) with respect to Ai(a)A_{i}^{(a)}. If we deal with the quasi-linear model, i.e., ={\cal L}={\cal I}, keeping in mind (11) we can rewrite (14) in the form

kF(a)ik+gf(b)(a)(c)Ak(b)F(c)ik=\nabla_{k}F^{ik}_{(a)}+gf^{(c)}_{\ (b)(a)}A^{(b)}_{k}F^{ik}_{(c)}=
=F(a)ikcosϕkϕ+gκf(c)(a)(d)Um(c)𝒦(d)(b)ijmn(jUn(b)+gf(h)(e)(b)Aj(h)Un(e)).=-{}^{*}\!F^{ik}_{(a)}\cos{\phi}\nabla_{k}\phi+\frac{g}{\kappa}f^{(d)}_{\ (c)(a)}U^{(c)}_{m}{\cal K}^{ijmn}_{(d)(b)}\left(\nabla_{j}U^{(b)}_{n}+gf^{(b)}_{\ (h)(e)}A^{(h)}_{j}U^{(e)}_{n}\right)\,. (16)

The first term in the right-hand side of this equation for the gauge field can be interpreted as the source associated with the axion field, and the second term relates to the contribution of the color aether. In other words, we deal with two independent sources, which prescribe the details of the Yang-Mills field evolution.

II.2.2 Equations for the vector fields

Variation of the action functional (2) with respect to the Lagrange multiplier λ\lambda gives the normalization condition U(a)kUk(a)=1U^{k}_{(a)}U_{k}^{(a)}=1. Variation with respect to the vector fields Um(a)U^{(a)}_{m} yields the balance equation

Di𝒥(a)im=λU(a)m+(a)m.D_{i}{\cal J}^{im}_{(a)}=\lambda\ U^{m}_{(a)}+{\cal I}^{m}_{(a)}\,. (17)

Here the tensors 𝒥(a)im{\cal J}^{im}_{(a)} can be presented in the form

𝒥(a)im𝒦(a)(b)ijmnDjUn(b)={\cal J}^{im}_{(a)}\equiv{\cal K}^{ijmn}_{(a)(b)}D_{j}U^{(b)}_{n}= (18)
=cosϕ[C1DiU(a)m+C2gimDnU(a)n+C3DmU(a)i+C4U(a)iU(b)jDjUm(b)]2C5sinϕΩ(a)im=\cos{\phi}\left[C_{1}D^{i}U^{m}_{(a)}{+}C_{2}g^{im}D_{n}U^{n}_{(a)}{+}C_{3}D^{m}U^{i}_{(a)}+C_{4}U^{i}_{(a)}U^{j}_{(b)}D_{j}U^{m(b)}\right]{-}2C_{5}\sin{\phi}\ \Omega^{im}_{(a)}-
C6sinϕ[2Ωms(b)(Us(a)U(b)i+Us(b)U(a)i)+ϵismnDjUn(b)(Us(a)U(b)j+Us(b)U(a)j)].{-}C_{6}\sin{\phi}\left[2\Omega^{ms(b)}\left(U_{s(a)}U^{i}_{(b)}+U_{s(b)}U^{i}_{(a)}\right)\ +\epsilon^{ismn}D_{j}U_{n}^{(b)}\left(U_{s(a)}U^{j}_{(b)}+U_{s(b)}U^{j}_{(a)}\right)\right]\,.

In this formula we used the new definition for the multiplet of pseudotensors

Ωlm(b)12ϵjlmnDjUn(b),\Omega^{lm(b)}\equiv\frac{1}{2}\epsilon^{jlmn}D_{j}U_{n}^{(b)}\,, (19)

which are skew-symmetric with respect to the indices ll and mm, and play the roles of color vortex operators in our context. The term (a)m{\cal I}^{m}_{(a)} in (17) appeared due to variation of the extended constitutive tensor with respect to the vector fields; its structure is the following:

(d)l12DiUm(a)DjUn(b)δδUl(d)𝒦(a)(b)ijmn=C4cosϕDlU(d)nU(b)jDjUn(b)+{\cal I}^{l}_{(d)}\equiv\frac{1}{2}D_{i}U_{m}^{(a)}D_{j}U_{n}^{(b)}\frac{\delta}{\delta U^{(d)}_{l}}\ {\cal K}^{ijmn}_{(a)(b)}=C_{4}\cos{\phi}D^{l}U^{n}_{(d)}\ U^{j}_{(b)}D_{j}U_{n}^{(b)}+
+2C6sinϕ[Ωlm(b)U(b)pDpUm(d)+Ω(d)lmU(b)pDpUm(b)+Us(b)(Ω(d)smDlUm(b)+Ωsm(b)DlUm(d))].+2C_{6}\sin{\phi}\left[\Omega^{lm(b)}U^{p}_{(b)}D_{p}U_{m(d)}{+}\Omega^{lm}_{(d)}U^{p}_{(b)}D_{p}U_{m}^{(b)}+U_{s(b)}\left(\Omega^{sm}_{(d)}D^{l}U_{m}^{(b)}{+}\Omega^{sm(b)}D^{l}U_{m(d)}\right)\right]\,. (20)

The Lagrange multiplier can be found as

λ=Um(a)[Di𝒥(a)im(a)m],\lambda=U_{m}^{(a)}\left[D_{i}{\cal J}^{im}_{(a)}-{\cal I}^{m}_{(a)}\right]\,, (21)

when the corresponding terms are already calculated.

II.2.3 Equation for the axion field

Variation of the action functional with respect to the pseudoscalar field ϕ\phi gives the equation

kkϕ+mA2sinϕ=14Ψ02cosϕ()Fmn(a)F(a)mn+𝒢,\nabla^{k}\nabla_{k}\phi+m^{2}_{A}\sin{\phi}=-\frac{1}{4\Psi^{2}_{0}}\cos{\phi}{\cal L}^{\prime}({\cal I}){}^{*}\!F^{(a)}_{mn}F^{mn}_{(a)}+{\cal G}\,, (22)

where the first term in the right-hand side describes the source related to the gauge field, and the pseudoscalar 𝒢{\cal G} given by

𝒢=12κΨ02{sinϕ[C1DnUm(a)DnU(a)m+C2DmUm(a)DnU(a)n+C3DnUm(a)DmU(a)n+{\cal G}=\frac{1}{2\kappa\Psi^{2}_{0}}\left\{\sin{\phi}\left[C_{1}D_{n}U^{(a)}_{m}D^{n}U_{(a)}^{m}{+}C_{2}D^{m}U^{(a)}_{m}D_{n}U_{(a)}^{n}{+}C_{3}D_{n}U^{(a)}_{m}D^{m}U_{(a)}^{n}{+}\right.\right. (23)
+C4U(a)pDpUm(a)U(b)qDqU(b)m]\left.\left.+C_{4}U^{p}_{(a)}D_{p}U^{(a)}_{m}U^{q}_{(b)}D_{q}U^{(b)m}\right]-\right.
2cosϕ[C5Ω(a)pqDpUq(a)+2C6Ωqm(b)DpUm(a)(Uq(a)U(b)p+Uq(b)U(a)p)]}\left.{-}2\cos{\phi}\left[C_{5}\Omega^{pq}_{(a)}D_{p}U_{q}^{(a)}{+}2C_{6}\Omega^{qm(b)}D_{p}U_{m}^{(a)}\left(U_{q(a)}U^{p}_{(b)}{+}U_{q(b)}U^{p}_{(a)}\right)\right]\right\}

presents the source associated with the color aether contribution.

II.2.4 Equations for the gravitational field

The last variation procedure in our context relates to the variation with respect to the metric. The gravitational field is obtained to be described by the following set of equations:

Rpq12RgpqΛgpq=λUp(a)U(a)q+Tpq(U)+κTpq(YM)+κTpq(A).R_{pq}{-}\frac{1}{2}Rg_{pq}-\Lambda g_{pq}=\lambda U^{(a)}_{p}U_{(a)q}+T^{(\rm U)}_{pq}+\kappa T^{(\rm YM)}_{pq}+\kappa T^{(\rm A)}_{pq}\,. (24)

The effective stress-energy tensor of the color vector fields Tpq(U)T^{(\rm U)}_{pq} is of the following form:

Tpq(U)=12gpq𝒦(a)(b)ijmnDiUm(a)DjUn(b)+Dm[U(a)(p𝒥q)m(a)𝒥m(p(a)Uq)(a)𝒥(pq)(a)U(a)m]+T^{(\rm U)}_{pq}=\frac{1}{2}g_{pq}{\cal K}^{ijmn}_{(a)(b)}D_{i}U^{(a)}_{m}D_{j}U^{(b)}_{n}{+}D^{m}\left[U_{(a)(p}{\cal J}_{q)m}^{(a)}{-}{\cal J}_{m(p}^{(a)}U_{q)(a)}{-}{\cal J}_{(pq)}^{(a)}U_{(a)m}\right]{+} (25)
+cosϕ[C1(DmUp(a)DmUq(a)DpUm(a)DqUm(a))+C4U(a)mDmUp(a)U(b)nDnUq(b)]++\cos{\phi}\left[C_{1}\left(D_{m}U_{p}^{(a)}D^{m}U_{q(a)}-D_{p}U^{m(a)}D_{q}U_{m(a)}\right)+C_{4}U^{m}_{(a)}D_{m}U^{(a)}_{p}U^{n}_{(b)}D_{n}U^{(b)}_{q}\right]+
+4C5sinϕ[14gpqDjUn(a)Ωjn(a)DjU(p(a)Ωq)(a)j]++4C_{5}\sin{\phi}\left[\frac{1}{4}g_{pq}D_{j}U_{n(a)}\Omega^{jn(a)}-D_{j}U^{(a)}_{(p}\Omega^{j}_{q)(a)}\right]+
+4C6sinϕ[2DjU(a)mUj((b)U(p(a))Ωq)m(b)+2DjU(a)(pΩq)(b)mUm((a)Uj(b))++4C_{6}\sin{\phi}\left[2D^{j}U^{m}_{(a)}U^{((b)}_{j}U^{(a))}_{(p}\Omega_{q)m(b)}+2D^{j}U_{(a)(p}\Omega^{m}_{q)(b)}U_{m}^{((a)}U_{j}^{(b))}+\right.
+DiUm(a)ϵjsm(pDjUq)(b)U((b)iU(a))sgpqDjUm(b)Ωsm(a)U(a)(jU(b)s)].\left.+D_{i}U^{m(a)}\epsilon_{jsm(p}D^{j}U^{(b)}_{q)}U^{i}_{((b)}U^{s}_{(a))}-g_{pq}D_{j}U^{m(b)}\Omega_{sm}^{(a)}U^{(j}_{(a)}U^{s)}_{(b)}\right]\,.

Here the parentheses (pq)(pq) denote the symmetrization with respect to the coordinate indices pp and qq, i.e., a(pbq)=12(apbq+aqbp)a_{(p}b_{q)}=\frac{1}{2}(a_{p}b_{q}+a_{q}b_{p}). The symbol Tpq(YM)T^{(\rm YM)}_{pq} relates to the effective stress-energy tensor of the nonlinear Yang-Mills field

Tpq(YM)=()[14gpqFmn(a)F(a)mnFpm(a)F(a)qngmn]+gpq[()].T^{(\rm YM)}_{pq}={\cal L}^{\prime}({\cal I})\left[\frac{1}{4}g_{pq}F^{(a)}_{mn}F_{(a)}^{mn}-F^{(a)}_{pm}F_{(a)qn}g^{mn}\right]+g_{pq}\left[{\cal L}-{\cal I}{\cal L}^{\prime}({\cal I})\right]\,. (26)

The last term in (24)

Tpq(A)=Ψ02[pϕqϕ+12gpq(V(ϕ)nϕϕn)]T^{(\rm A)}_{pq}=\Psi^{2}_{0}\left[\nabla_{p}\phi\nabla_{q}\phi+\frac{1}{2}g_{pq}\left(V(\phi)-\nabla_{n}\phi\nabla\phi^{n}\right)\right] (27)

describes the canonic effective stress-energy tensor of the pure axion field.

II.2.5 Short summary

In this Section we established the new self-consistent SU(N) symmetric model of nonlinear interaction between gauge, vector, pseudoscalar and gravitational fields. The set of the model master equations is derived for arbitrary spacetime platform. This model as a whole deserves detailed analysis and has a lot of potential applications. But what we plan to do now? Our purpose is to make the first step and to analyze the solutions to the equation for the axion field (22) with the sources, which correspond to the decay of the color aether in the early Universe. We assume that this story can be described in the framework of Bianchi-I spacetime model.

III Decay of the color aether

III.1 Ansatz about parallel fields

In the work color2 we presented our version of the model of the color aether decay, and of the transformation of the color aether into the canonic dynamic aether. The main idea is that a spontaneous color polarization took place, and the fields Uj(a)U^{j(a)} happened to be parallel to one another in the group space. The idea of such parallelization is well known (see, e.g., Y ; D ; Z ). Mathematically, we have Uj(a)=qaUjU^{j(a)}=q^{a}U^{j}, where UjU^{j} is the timelike unit vector field associated with the velocity four-vector of the dynamic aether J1 . We assume that UkUk=1U_{k}U^{k}=1, and thus the constant color vector q(a)q^{(a)} is also unit, G(a)(b)q(a)q(b)=1G_{(a)(b)}q^{(a)}q^{(b)}=1. At the decay moment the tensor of color polarization H(a)(b)Um(a)Un(b)gmnH^{(a)(b)}\equiv U^{(a)}_{m}U^{(b)}_{n}g^{mn} spontaneously transforms into H(a)(b)q(a)q(b)H^{(a)(b)}\equiv q^{(a)}q^{(b)} with the diagonal structure (see color2 for details). Now we assume that in the epoch preceding the decay the Yang-Mills fields were generated just by the SU(N) symmetric aether, and thus, the decay of the color aether was accompanied by the decay of the gauge field. In other words, our second ansatz is that the multiplet of gauge field potentials Ak(a)A^{(a)}_{k} also becomes parallel in the group space, i.e., Ak(a)=Q(a)AkA^{(a)}_{k}=Q^{(a)}A_{k}, and Q(a)Q^{(a)} is parallel to q(a)q^{(a)}, i.e., Q(a)=νq(a)Q^{(a)}{=}\nu q^{(a)} with some constant ν\nu. With the proposed ansatz the master equations of the model simplify essentially.

III.1.1 Reduced equations for the gauge fields

First of all, the Yang-Mills fields become quasi-Maxwellian, i.e.,

Fmn(a)=νq(a)Fmn,Fmn=mAnnAm.F^{(a)}_{mn}=\nu q^{(a)}F_{mn}\,,\quad F_{mn}=\nabla_{m}A_{n}-\nabla_{n}A_{m}\,. (28)

The terms DkUj(a)D_{k}U^{j(a)} and Ωpq(a)\Omega^{pq(a)} convert, respectively, into

DkUj(a)=q(a)kUj,Ωpq(a)=q(a)Ωpq,Ωpq=12ϵpqmnmUn.D_{k}U^{j(a)}=q^{(a)}\nabla_{k}U^{j}\,,\quad\Omega^{pq(a)}=q^{(a)}\Omega^{pq}\,,\quad\Omega^{pq}=\frac{1}{2}\epsilon^{pqmn}\nabla_{m}U_{n}\,. (29)

The extended Yang-Mills equations (14) take now the Maxwell-type form

k[()(Fik+sinϕFik)]=0,\nabla_{k}\left[{\cal L}^{\prime}({\cal I})\left(F^{ik}+\sin{\phi}\ {}^{*}\!F^{ik}\right)\right]=0\,, (30)

and the equation (11) reads

kFik=0.\nabla_{k}{}^{*}\!F^{ik}=0\,. (31)

III.1.2 Reduced equations for the axion field

With the proposed ansatz we can transform the axion field equation (22) as follows

kkϕ+mA2sinϕ=ν2cosϕ4Ψ02()FmnFmn+cosϕκΨ02[2(C5+2C6)ωpDUpC5ωpqωpq]+\nabla^{k}\nabla_{k}\phi{+}m^{2}_{A}\sin{\phi}={-}\frac{\nu^{2}\cos{\phi}}{4\Psi^{2}_{0}}\ {\cal L}^{\prime}({\cal I})\ {}^{*}\!F_{mn}F^{mn}{+}\frac{\cos{\phi}}{\kappa\Psi^{2}_{0}}\left[2(C_{5}{+}2C_{6})\ \omega^{p}DU_{p}{-}C_{5}\omega^{pq}\omega^{*}_{pq}\right]{+} (32)
+sinϕ2κΨ02[(C1+C3)σmnσmn+13Θ2(C1+3C2+C3)+(C1C3)ωmnωmn+(C1+C4)𝒟Um𝒟Um].+\frac{\sin{\phi}}{2\kappa\Psi^{2}_{0}}\left[(C_{1}{+}C_{3})\sigma_{mn}\sigma^{mn}+\frac{1}{3}\Theta^{2}(C_{1}{+}3C_{2}{+}C_{3}){+}(C_{1}{-}C_{3})\omega_{mn}\omega^{mn}{+}(C_{1}{+}C_{4}){\cal D}U_{m}{\cal D}U^{m}\right]\,.

Here we use the notations standard for the Einstein-aether theory, namely, the convective derivative 𝒟{\cal D}, the scalar of the medium flow expansion Θ\Theta, the projector Δmp\Delta^{p}_{m}, the skew-symmetric vortex tensor ωmn\omega_{mn} and its dual ωpq\omega^{*pq}, the symmetric traceless shear tensor σmn\sigma_{mn}, and the (pseudo) four-vector of the rotation velocity ωp\omega^{p}:

𝒟Upp,ΘpUp,ωmn12ΔmpΔnq(pUqqUp),ΔmpδmpUpUm,{\cal D}\equiv U^{p}\nabla_{p}\,,\quad\Theta\equiv\nabla_{p}U^{p}\,,\quad\omega_{mn}\equiv\frac{1}{2}\Delta^{p}_{m}\Delta^{q}_{n}(\nabla_{p}U_{q}-\nabla_{q}U_{p})\,,\quad\Delta^{p}_{m}\equiv\delta^{p}_{m}-U^{p}U_{m}\,, (33)
σmn12ΔmpΔnq(pUq+qUp)13ΔmnΘ,ωpq12ϵpqmnωmn,ωpωpqUq=ΩpqUqΩp.\sigma_{mn}\equiv\frac{1}{2}\Delta^{p}_{m}\Delta^{q}_{n}(\nabla_{p}U_{q}+\nabla_{q}U_{p})-\frac{1}{3}\Delta_{mn}\Theta\,,\quad\omega^{*pq}\equiv\frac{1}{2}\epsilon^{pqmn}\omega_{mn}\,,\quad\omega^{p}\equiv\omega^{*pq}U_{q}=\Omega^{pq}U_{q}\equiv\Omega^{p}\,.

The equation (32) admits the equilibrium-type solutions ϕ=2πn\phi=2\pi n (nn is an integer), introduced and advocated in E1 ; E2 ; E3 ; E4 , if and only if

()FmnFmn=4κν2[2(C5+2C6)ωpDUpC5ωpqωpq],{\cal L}^{\prime}({\cal I}){}^{*}\!F_{mn}F^{mn}=\frac{4}{\kappa\nu^{2}}\left[2(C_{5}{+}2C_{6})\ \omega^{p}DU_{p}{-}C_{5}\omega^{pq}\omega^{*}_{pq}\right]\,, (34)

otherwise, the axion production takes place inevitably in the course of the color aether decay.

III.1.3 Reduced equation for the vector field

Since now 𝒥(a)im=q(a)𝒥im{\cal J}^{im}_{(a)}=q_{(a)}{\cal J}^{im} and (a)m=q(a)m{\cal I}^{m}_{(a)}=q_{(a)}{\cal I}^{m}, the balance equations (17) take the form

i𝒥im=λUm+m,\nabla_{i}{\cal J}^{im}=\lambda\ U^{m}+{\cal I}^{m}\,, (35)

where the corresponding reduced quantities are

𝒥im=cosϕ[C1iUm+C2gimΘ+C3mUi+C4Ui𝒟Um]+{\cal J}^{im}=\cos{\phi}\left[C_{1}\nabla^{i}U^{m}{+}C_{2}g^{im}\Theta{+}C_{3}\nabla^{m}U^{i}+C_{4}U^{i}{\cal D}U^{m}\right]+ (36)
+sinϕ[(2C6C5)Usϵimsn𝒟Un8C6UiΩm2C5ϵimpqΩpq],+\sin{\phi}\left[(2C_{6}-C_{5})U_{s}\epsilon^{imsn}{\cal D}U_{n}-8C_{6}U^{i}\Omega^{m}-2C_{5}\epsilon^{impq}\Omega_{pq}\right]\,,
l=C4cosϕlUn𝒟Un+4C6sinϕ[ΩlmDUmΩmlUm].{\cal I}^{l}=C_{4}\cos{\phi}\nabla^{l}U^{n}\ {\cal D}U_{n}+4C_{6}\sin{\phi}\left[\Omega^{lm}DU_{m}-\Omega^{m}\nabla^{l}U_{m}\right]\,. (37)

The new coupling constant C5C_{5} happens to be hidden in (19).

III.1.4 Modifications in the equations for the gravitational field

Using the ansatz of parallel fields we have to replace λUp(a)U(a)q\lambda U^{(a)}_{p}U_{(a)q} with λUpUq\lambda U_{p}U_{q} in (24), and to delete the group indices (a)(a) in the stress-energy tensor of the Yang-Mills field (26). The stress-energy tensor (25) converts now into

Tpq(U)=m[U(p𝒥q)m𝒥m(pUq)𝒥(pq)Um]+T^{(\rm U)}_{pq}=\nabla^{m}\left[U_{(p}{\cal J}_{q)m}{-}{\cal J}_{m(p}U_{q)}{-}{\cal J}_{(pq)}U_{m}\right]{+} (38)
+cosϕ[C1(mUpmUqpUmqUm)+C4𝒟Up𝒟Uq]++\cos{\phi}\left[C_{1}\left(\nabla_{m}U_{p}\nabla^{m}U_{q}-\nabla_{p}U^{m}\nabla_{q}U_{m}\right)+C_{4}{\cal D}U_{p}{\cal D}U_{q}\right]+
+12gpqcosϕ[C1jUmjUm+C2Θ2+C3jUmmUj+C4𝒟Um𝒟Um]+\frac{1}{2}g_{pq}\cos{\phi}\left[C_{1}\nabla^{j}U^{m}\nabla_{j}U_{m}+C_{2}\Theta^{2}+C_{3}\nabla_{j}U_{m}\nabla^{m}U^{j}+C_{4}{\cal D}U^{m}{\cal D}U_{m}\right]-
2C5sinϕjU(pϵq)mnjmUn+-2C_{5}\sin{\phi}\nabla_{j}U_{(p}\epsilon^{j}_{\ q)mn}\nabla^{m}U^{n}+
+4C6sinϕ[𝒟UmU(pϵq)mlslUs+𝒟U(pϵq)mlsUmlUs+𝒟UmUsϵjsm(pjUq)].+4C_{6}\sin{\phi}\left[{\cal D}U^{m}U_{(p}\epsilon_{q)mls}\nabla^{l}U^{s}+{\cal D}U_{(p}\epsilon_{q)mls}U^{m}\nabla^{l}U^{s}+{\cal D}U^{m}U^{s}\epsilon_{jsm(p}\nabla^{j}U_{q)}\right]\,.

Next simplification of the total set of master equations appears, when we choose the spacetime platform, which corresponds to the homogeneous Bianchi-I cosmological model.

III.2 Bianchi-I spacetime platform

Below we consider the class of homogeneous spacetimes with the metric

ds2=dt2a2(t)dx2b2(t)dy2c2(t)dz2.ds^{2}=dt^{2}-a^{2}(t)dx^{2}-b^{2}(t)dy^{2}-c^{2}(t)dz^{2}\,. (39)

We assume that all the unknown state functions inherit the spacetime symmetry and depend on the cosmological time only. It is reasonable to choose the global unit timelike vector UiU^{i} in the form Ui=δtiU^{i}=\delta^{i}_{t} and to check that the master equations for this vector are consistent. It is well known that for the metric (39) the covariant derivative is symmetric

mUn=nUm=12g˙mn,\nabla_{m}U_{n}=\nabla_{n}U_{m}=\frac{1}{2}\dot{g}_{mn}\,, (40)

the vorticity tensor vanishes, ωmn=0\omega_{mn}=0, the acceleration four-vector also is vanishing, 𝒟Um=0{\cal D}U^{m}=0, and the scalar of expansion Θ\Theta is of the form

Θ(t)kUk=a˙a+b˙b+c˙c.\Theta(t)\equiv\nabla_{k}U^{k}=\frac{\dot{a}}{a}+\frac{\dot{b}}{b}+\frac{\dot{c}}{c}\,. (41)

As usual, the dot denotes the ordinary derivative with respect to time.

Additional simplification is connected with the constraint, obtained due to observations of the events, encoded as GW170817 and GRB 170817A. Based on the observation of the binary neutron star merger GRB17 , it was obtained that the ratio of the velocities of the gravitational and electromagnetic waves in vacuum satisfy the inequality 13×1015<vgwc<1+7×10161-3\times 10^{-15}<\frac{v_{\rm gw}}{c}<1+7\times 10^{-16}). The square of the velocity of the tensorial aether mode, calculated in J2 , is equal to S(2)2=11(C1+C3)S^{2}_{(2)}=\frac{1}{1{-}(C_{1}{+}C_{3})}, thus the sum of the parameters C1+C3C_{1}{+}C_{3} can be estimated as 6×1015<C1+C3<1.4×1015-6\times 10^{-15}<C_{1}{+}C_{3}<1.4\times 10^{-15}. Based on this fact we can consider that C1+C3=0C_{1}{+}C_{3}=0 with very high precision, and put C3=C1C_{3}=-C_{1} in the formulas below.

III.2.1 Solution to the equation for the gauge field

Taking into account the symmetry of the reduced model, we can state that the equations (31) admit the solution F12=constF_{12}=const, and the equations (30) can be reduced to one equation

ddt[()(abcF30F12sinϕ)]=0.\frac{d}{dt}\left[{\cal L}^{\prime}({\cal I})\left(abcF^{30}-F_{12}\sin{\phi}\right)\right]=0\,. (42)

The solution to (42) is

F30(t)=F30(t0)a(t0)b(t0)c(t0)a(t)b(t)c(t)()(t0)()(t)+F12a(t)b(t)c(t)[sinϕ(t)sinϕ(t0)()(t0)()(t)],F^{30}(t)=F^{30}(t_{0})\frac{a(t_{0})b(t_{0})c(t_{0})}{a(t)b(t)c(t)}\cdot\frac{{\cal L}^{\prime}({\cal I})(t_{0})}{{\cal L}^{\prime}({\cal I})(t)}+\frac{F_{12}}{a(t)b(t)c(t)}\left[\sin{\phi(t)}-\sin{\phi(t_{0})}\cdot\frac{{\cal L}^{\prime}({\cal I})(t_{0})}{{\cal L}^{\prime}({\cal I})(t)}\right]\,, (43)

where t0t_{0} is some specific time moment. For illustration we assume the following initial data: F30(t0)=0F^{30}(t_{0})=0 and ϕ(t0)=πn\phi(t_{0})=\pi n, so that below we work with the exact solution

F30(t)=F12abcsinϕ(t),F^{30}(t)=\frac{F_{12}}{abc}\sin{\phi(t)}\,, (44)

which does not include the nonlinear function (){\cal L}({\cal I}). For this elegant solution the quadratic terms

14Fmn(a)F(a)mn=ν2F1222a2b2cos2ϕ,14Fmn(a)F(a)mn=ν2F122a2b2sinϕ,=ν2F1222a2b2(1+sin2ϕ)\frac{1}{4}F^{(a)}_{mn}F^{mn}_{(a)}=\frac{\nu^{2}F^{2}_{12}}{2a^{2}b^{2}}\cos^{2}{\phi}\,,\quad\frac{1}{4}{}^{*}\!F^{(a)}_{mn}F^{mn}_{(a)}=\frac{\nu^{2}F^{2}_{12}}{a^{2}b^{2}}\sin{\phi}\,,\quad{\cal I}=\frac{\nu^{2}F^{2}_{12}}{2a^{2}b^{2}}(1+\sin^{2}{\phi}) (45)

also are rather simple.

III.2.2 Solution to the equation for the vector field

When we deal with the Bianchi-I model, for which 𝒟Um=0{\cal D}U_{m}=0, ωmn=0\omega_{mn}=0, Ωpq=0\Omega^{pq}=0, C1+C3=0C_{1}{+}C_{3}=0, we see that (19) gives l=0{\cal I}^{l}=0, and one obtains from (36) that

𝒥im=C2Θcosϕgim.{\cal J}^{im}=C_{2}\Theta\cos{\phi}g^{im}\,. (46)

Thus the equations (35) admit the solution in the form Ui=δ0iU^{i}=\delta^{i}_{0}. Indeed, three equations from four ones are satisfied automatically, and the last equation gives the Lagrange multiplier λ\lambda:

λ=C2ddt(Θcosϕ).\lambda=C_{2}\frac{d}{dt}\left(\Theta\cos{\phi}\right)\,. (47)

In other words, two subsets of the master equations, namely, the equations for the gauge and vector fields, happen to be solved analytically.

III.2.3 Key equation for the axion field

The equation for the axion field also is simplified essentially in the Bianchi-I model with C1+C3=0C_{1}{+}C_{3}{=}0, and it takes now the form

ϕ¨+Θϕ˙+sinϕ[mA2+ν2F122Ψ02a2b2cosϕ()C22κΨ02Θ2]=0.\ddot{\phi}+\Theta\dot{\phi}+\sin{\phi}\left[m^{2}_{A}+\frac{\nu^{2}F^{2}_{12}}{\Psi^{2}_{0}a^{2}b^{2}}\cos{\phi}\ {\cal L}^{\prime}({\cal I})-\frac{C_{2}}{2\kappa\Psi^{2}_{0}}\Theta^{2}\right]=0\,. (48)

In this equation the guiding functions a(t)a(t), b(t)b(t), Θ(t)\Theta(t) have to be found from the gravity field equations.

III.2.4 Evolutionary equations for the gravitational field

For the Bianchi-I model we obtain the simplified gravity field equations in the form

a˙ab˙b+a˙ac˙c+b˙bc˙c=Λ12C2Θ2cosϕ+12Ψ02[V(ϕ)+ϕ˙2]+κ(),\frac{\dot{a}}{a}\frac{\dot{b}}{b}+\frac{\dot{a}}{a}\frac{\dot{c}}{c}+\frac{\dot{b}}{b}\frac{\dot{c}}{c}=\Lambda-\frac{1}{2}C_{2}\Theta^{2}\cos{\phi}+\frac{1}{2}\Psi^{2}_{0}\left[V(\phi)+{\dot{\phi}}^{2}\right]+\kappa{\cal L}(\cal I)\,,
b¨b+c¨c+b˙bc˙c=ΛC2(Θcosϕ)12C2Θ2cosϕ+12Ψ02[V(ϕ)ϕ˙2]+κ[()2()],\frac{\ddot{b}}{b}+\frac{\ddot{c}}{c}+\frac{\dot{b}}{b}\frac{\dot{c}}{c}=\Lambda-C_{2}\left(\Theta\cos{\phi}\right)^{\cdot}-\frac{1}{2}C_{2}\Theta^{2}\cos{\phi}+\frac{1}{2}\Psi^{2}_{0}\left[V(\phi)-{\dot{\phi}}^{2}\right]+\kappa\left[{\cal L}({\cal I})-2{\cal I}{\cal L}^{\prime}({\cal I})\right]\,,
a¨a+c¨c+a˙ac˙c=ΛC2(Θcosϕ)12C2Θ2cosϕ+12Ψ02[V(ϕ)ϕ˙2]+κ[()2()],\frac{\ddot{a}}{a}+\frac{\ddot{c}}{c}+\frac{\dot{a}}{a}\frac{\dot{c}}{c}=\Lambda-C_{2}\left(\Theta\cos{\phi}\right)^{\cdot}-\frac{1}{2}C_{2}\Theta^{2}\cos{\phi}+\frac{1}{2}\Psi^{2}_{0}\left[V(\phi)-{\dot{\phi}}^{2}\right]+\kappa\left[{\cal L}({\cal I})-2{\cal I}{\cal L}^{\prime}({\cal I})\right]\,,
b¨b+a¨a+b˙ba˙a=ΛC2(Θcosϕ)12C2Θ2cosϕ+12Ψ02[V(ϕ)ϕ˙2]+κ().\frac{\ddot{b}}{b}+\frac{\ddot{a}}{a}+\frac{\dot{b}}{b}\frac{\dot{a}}{a}=\Lambda-C_{2}\left(\Theta\cos{\phi}\right)^{\cdot}-\frac{1}{2}C_{2}\Theta^{2}\cos{\phi}+\frac{1}{2}\Psi^{2}_{0}\left[V(\phi)-{\dot{\phi}}^{2}\right]+\kappa{\cal L}(\cal I)\,. (49)

When the aether is absent and thus C2=0C_{2}=0, these equations formally look similar to the equations (31)-(34) from Non3 , although, now the dependence of the function {\cal I} on the axion field ϕ\phi is principally different. However, this similarity makes it easier for us the qualitative monitoring of the behavior of the gravity field, if we take into account the corresponding numerical results from Non3 .

If the Bianchi-I model is characterized by the so-called Local Invariance, i.e., when a(t)=b(t)a(t)=b(t), one can introduce the auxiliary function H=a˙aH=\frac{\dot{a}}{a} and exclude c(t)c(t) from consideration using the relationship c˙c=Θ2H\frac{\dot{c}}{c}=\Theta{-}2H. Then, keeping in mind that on the solutions of the master equations the conservation law converts into identity, we obtain only two independent key equations for the gravity field with Local Invariance; in particular, for the quasi-linear model with ()={\cal L}({\cal I})={\cal I} this pair of key equations reads

2HΘ3H2=Λ12C2Θ2cosϕ+12Ψ02[V(ϕ)+ϕ˙2]+ν2F1222a4(1+sin2ϕ),2H\Theta-3H^{2}=\Lambda-\frac{1}{2}C_{2}\Theta^{2}\cos{\phi}+\frac{1}{2}\Psi^{2}_{0}\left[V(\phi)+{\dot{\phi}}^{2}\right]+\frac{\nu^{2}F^{2}_{12}}{2a^{4}}(1+\sin^{2}{\phi})\,, (50)
2H˙+3H2=ΛC2(Θcosϕ)12C2Θ2cosϕ+12Ψ02[V(ϕ)ϕ˙2]+ν2F1222a4(1+sin2ϕ).2\dot{H}+3H^{2}=\Lambda-C_{2}\left(\Theta\cos{\phi}\right)^{\cdot}-\frac{1}{2}C_{2}\Theta^{2}\cos{\phi}+\frac{1}{2}\Psi^{2}_{0}\left[V(\phi)-{\dot{\phi}}^{2}\right]+\frac{\nu^{2}F^{2}_{12}}{2a^{4}}(1+\sin^{2}{\phi})\,. (51)

There is one interesting consequence from these equations

ddt(H+12C2Θcosϕ)=3H(H13Θ).\frac{d}{dt}\left(H+\frac{1}{2}C_{2}\Theta\cos{\phi}\right)=-3H\left(H-\frac{1}{3}\Theta\right)\,. (52)

In such a scheme we deal with three key equations (48), (50) and, say, (52) for three unknown functions ϕ\phi, HH and Θ\Theta.

IV On the solutions to the equation for the axion field

IV.1 Special solutions with ϕ=2πn\phi=2\pi n: axions are in the equilibrium state

When ϕ=2πn\phi=2\pi n, the equation (48) is satisfied identically for arbitrary functions a(t)a(t), b(t)b(t), Θ(t)\Theta(t), (){\cal L}(\cal I). For the values ϕ=2πn\phi=2\pi n the potential of the axion field (12) and its first derivative are equal to zero, V(2πn)=0V(2\pi n)=0, V(2πn)=0V^{\prime}(2\pi n)=0, i.e., the axion configuration is in the equilibrium state according to the terminology of the paper E2 . This state is stable. We can choose the number nn to be arbitrarily large, and such a solution can be considered as a final stable state of the axion field evolution.

The gravity field equations also become simplified. As an illustration, we consider the equations (50),(52) for this case:

2HΘ3H2=Λ12C2Θ2+ν2F1222a4,2H\Theta-3H^{2}=\Lambda-\frac{1}{2}C_{2}\Theta^{2}+\frac{\nu^{2}F^{2}_{12}}{2a^{4}}\,, (53)
ddt(H+12C2Θ)=3H(H13Θ).\frac{d}{dt}\left(H+\frac{1}{2}C_{2}\Theta\right)=-3H\left(H-\frac{1}{3}\Theta\right)\,. (54)

In the asymptotic regime, when Λ0\Lambda\neq 0, C223C_{2}\neq-\frac{2}{3} and aa\to\infty, we obtain that

HH=13Θ,Θ=6Λ2+3C2.H\to H_{\infty}=\frac{1}{3}\Theta_{\infty}\,,\quad\Theta_{\infty}=\sqrt{\frac{6\Lambda}{2+3C_{2}}\,.} (55)

This asymptotic regime corresponds to isotropization of the Universe, and the behavior of the scale factors corresponds to the de Sitter type asymptote eHt\propto e^{H_{\infty}t}. Typical method of solution of this system is the following: we find Θ\Theta from the quadratic equation (53)

Θ=2C2H±4H2C22+2C2(Λ+3H2+B02x4),\Theta=-\frac{2}{C_{2}}H\pm\sqrt{\frac{4H^{2}}{C_{2}^{2}}+\frac{2}{C_{2}}\left(\Lambda+3H^{2}+\frac{B_{0}^{2}}{x^{4}}\right)}\,, (56)

put it into (54) and solve numerically the obtained nonlinear equation, keeping in mind that

B02ν2F1222a4(t0),xa(t)a(t0),ddt=xH(x)ddx.B_{0}^{2}\equiv\frac{\nu^{2}F^{2}_{12}}{2a^{4}(t_{0})}\,,\quad x\equiv\frac{a(t)}{a(t_{0})}\,,\quad\frac{d}{dt}=xH(x)\frac{d}{dx}\,. (57)

Here we restrict ourselves by qualitative comments only.

When Λ=0\Lambda=0, one can find the exact solutions to the system under discussion in the form

H(x)=β(1+C2)x2,Θ(x)=βx2,β=43B01(12C2+7)2.H(x)=\frac{\beta(1+C_{2})}{x^{2}}\,,\quad\Theta(x)=\frac{\beta}{x^{2}}\,,\quad\beta=\frac{4\sqrt{3}B_{0}}{\sqrt{1-(12C_{2}+7)^{2}}}\,. (58)

The solution is real, when the Jacobson’s parameter satisfies the condition 23<C2<12-\frac{2}{3}<C_{2}<-\frac{1}{2}. The scale factors a(t)a(t) and c(t)c(t), related to these H(x)H(x) and Θ(x)\Theta(x), have form

a(t)a(t0)=[1+2β(1+C2)(tt0)]12,c(t)c(t0)=[1+2β(1+C2)(tt0)]2C2+12C2+2.\frac{a(t)}{a(t_{0})}=\left[1+2\beta(1+C_{2})(t-t_{0})\right]^{\frac{1}{2}}\,,\quad\frac{c(t)}{c(t_{0})}=[1+2\beta(1+C_{2})(t-t_{0})]^{-\frac{2C_{2}+1}{2C_{2}+2}}\,. (59)

This regime can not provide the asymptotic isotropization, i.e., this submodel is appropriate for the early Universe only.

IV.2 Special solutions with ϕ=π(2n+1)\phi=\pi(2n+1): axions are in the instable state

When ϕ=π(2n+1)\phi=\pi(2n+1), the equation (48) again is satisfied identically, but now we see that V(π(2n+1))=4mA2V(\pi(2n+1))=4m^{2}_{A}, V(π(2n+1))=0V^{\prime}(\pi(2n+1))=0, i.e., the state of the axion configuration relates to the maximum of the axion potential. This state is instable. Again we can choose the number nn to be arbitrarily. The key equations for the gravity field happen to be modified as follows: first, we have to replace in (53) and (54) the cosmological constant ΛΛΛ+2Ψ02mA2\Lambda\to\Lambda_{*}\equiv\Lambda+2\Psi^{2}_{0}m^{2}_{A}; second, since cosπ(2n+1)=1\cos{\pi(2n+1)}=-1, we can simply change the sign in front of C2C_{2}. The results of the previous subsection can be modified respectively.

IV.3 Dynamics of the axion field growth

Let us focus on the qualitative analysis of the equation (48). Formally speaking, it can be indicated as a modified equation of physical pendulum.

We would like to recall, that for the canonic physical pendulum the master equation x¨+ω02sinx=0\ddot{x}{+}\omega_{0}^{2}\sin{x}{=}0 can be rewritten in the equivalent form x˙=y\dot{x}=y, y˙=ω02sinϕ\dot{y}=-\omega_{0}^{2}\sin{\phi}. The phase portrait of this autonomous two-dimensional dynamic system has the infinite number of critical stationary points of two types: the saddle points at y=0y=0, x=±(2m+1)πx=\pm(2m+1)\pi, and the centers at y=0y=0, x=±2mπx=\pm 2m\pi. The saddle points are linked by separatrices, thus dividing the phase portrait into zones of finite and infinite motion (see Arnold for details). In our context it is important to stress that, when we consider the phase trajectory with noncritical initial data y00y_{0}\neq 0 for the starting points of both types: x0=±(2m+1)πx_{0}=\pm(2m+1)\pi, and x0=±2mπx_{0}=\pm 2m\pi, we can choose the value y0y_{0} so that the pendulum motion will be infinite, and the coordinate xx will grow with time.

Equation (48) also can be presented in terms of two-dimensional dynamic system

ϕ˙=y,y˙=Θysinϕ,\dot{\phi}=y\,,\quad\dot{y}=-\Theta y-{\cal H}\sin{\phi}\,, (60)

where

(t,ϕ)=[mA2+ν2F122Ψ02a2(t)b2(t)cosϕ((t,ϕ))C22κΨ02Θ2(t)].{\cal H}(t,\phi)=\left[m^{2}_{A}+\frac{\nu^{2}F^{2}_{12}}{\Psi^{2}_{0}a^{2}(t)b^{2}(t)}\cos{\phi}\ {\cal L}^{\prime}({\cal I}(t,\phi))-\frac{C_{2}}{2\kappa\Psi^{2}_{0}}\Theta^{2}(t)\right]\,. (61)

Again, the points y=0y=0, ϕ=πn\phi=\pi n are critical and stationary, they do not move on the phase plane. But there are a few novel details. First of all, this dynamic system is not autonomous, and its qualitative analysis is possible in the time intervals, in which the functions a(t)a(t), b(t)b(t), Θ(t)\Theta(t) change slowly, so that in these time intervals they can be approximately considered as constant. In this scheme the type of critical points y=0y=0, ϕ=πn\phi=\pi n depends on the sign of the term (t,ϕ){\cal H}(t,\phi) on the fixed time interval. Second important detail is connected with possible new critical (nonstationary) points, which can appear, drift and disappear during different time intervals.

IV.3.1 The first case: the function {\cal H} has no zeros and >0{\cal H}>0

The function {\cal H} is positive on the whole admissible time interval, when

cosϕ()>Ψ02a2b2ν2F122[C22κΨ02Θ2mA2].\cos{\phi}\ {\cal L}^{\prime}({\cal I})>\frac{\Psi^{2}_{0}a^{2}b^{2}}{\nu^{2}F^{2}_{12}}\left[\frac{C_{2}}{2\kappa\Psi^{2}_{0}}\Theta^{2}-m^{2}_{A}\right]\,. (62)

In this situation the critical points y=0y=0, ϕ=±(2m+1)π\phi=\pm(2m+1)\pi and y=0y=0, ϕ=±2mπ\phi=\pm 2m\pi remain the saddle points and the centers, respectively, and the instantaneous phase portrait of the dynamic system looks like the one of the canonic physical pendulum. To illustrate the idea, we assume that C2=0C_{2}=0 and ={\cal L}={\cal I}. Then the simplified requirement (62)

cosϕ>mA2Ψ02a2b2ν2F122\cos{\phi}>-\frac{m^{2}_{A}\Psi^{2}_{0}a^{2}b^{2}}{\nu^{2}F^{2}_{12}} (63)

is satisfied, when mA2Ψ02>ν2F122a2(t)b2(t)m^{2}_{A}\Psi^{2}_{0}>\frac{\nu^{2}F^{2}_{12}}{a^{2}(t)b^{2}(t)}.

IV.3.2 The second case: the function {\cal H} has no zeros and <0{\cal H}<0

The function {\cal H} is negative on the whole admissible time interval, when

cosϕ()<Ψ02a2b2ν2F122[C22κΨ02Θ2mA2].\cos{\phi}\ {\cal L}^{\prime}({\cal I})<\frac{\Psi^{2}_{0}a^{2}b^{2}}{\nu^{2}F^{2}_{12}}\left[\frac{C_{2}}{2\kappa\Psi^{2}_{0}}\Theta^{2}-m^{2}_{A}\right]\,. (64)

For this situation the critical points y=0y=0, ϕ=±(2m+1)π\phi=\pm(2m+1)\pi become centers, and y=0y=0, ϕ=±2mπ\phi=\pm 2m\pi convert into the saddle points. The phase portrait seems to be the one for the physical pendulum shifted by the value π\pi along the horizontal axis. By the way, when C2=0C_{2}=0, ={\cal L}={\cal I}, this is not possible.

IV.3.3 The third case: the function {\cal H} has zeros and changes the sign

If the solutions to the equation =0{\cal H}=0 exist, and we deal with the trigonometric equation

cosϕ=Ψ02a2b2ν2F122()[C22κΨ02Θ2mA2],\cos{\phi}=\frac{\Psi^{2}_{0}a^{2}b^{2}}{\nu^{2}F^{2}_{12}{\cal L}^{\prime}({\cal I})}\left[\frac{C_{2}}{2\kappa\Psi^{2}_{0}}\Theta^{2}-m^{2}_{A}\right]\,, (65)

one can write the roots of this equation as ϕ=±ϕ+2πk\phi=\pm\phi_{*}+2\pi k, where the solution ϕ\phi_{*} belongs to the interval (0,π)(0,\pi). We obtain now a new series of critical points, y=0y=0, ϕ=±ϕ+2πk\phi=\pm\phi_{*}+2\pi k, if

|Ψ02a2b2ν2F122()(C22κΨ02Θ2mA2)|<1.\left|\frac{\Psi^{2}_{0}a^{2}b^{2}}{\nu^{2}F^{2}_{12}{\cal L}^{\prime}({\cal I})}\left(\frac{C_{2}}{2\kappa\Psi^{2}_{0}}\Theta^{2}-m^{2}_{A}\right)\right|<1\,. (66)

In particular, when C2=0C_{2}=0 and ={\cal L}={\cal I} and the product a(t)b(t)a(t)b(t) grows, this requirement reads mA2Ψ02<ν2F122a2(t0)b2(t0)m^{2}_{A}\Psi^{2}_{0}<\frac{\nu^{2}F^{2}_{12}}{a^{2}(t_{0})b^{2}(t_{0})}, and it can be fulfilled for rather strong magnetic component of the gauge field.

What is the type of these new critical nonstationary points? As usual, we put ϕ=±ϕ+ξ\phi=\pm\phi_{*}+\xi and y=ηy=\eta with small ξ\xi and η\eta, and obtain the linearized system

ξ˙=η,η˙=Θη+ξsin2ϕν2F122()Ψ02a2b2.\dot{\xi}=\eta\,,\quad\dot{\eta}=-\Theta\eta+\xi\ \sin^{2}{\phi_{*}}\frac{\nu^{2}F^{2}_{12}{\cal L}^{\prime}({\cal I})}{\Psi^{2}_{0}a^{2}b^{2}}\,. (67)

The corresponding characteristic equation has the roots

λ1,2=12Θ±14Θ2+sin2ϕν2F122()Ψ02a2b2.\lambda_{1,2}=-\frac{1}{2}\Theta\pm\sqrt{\frac{1}{4}\Theta^{2}+\sin^{2}{\phi_{*}}\frac{\nu^{2}F^{2}_{12}{\cal L}^{\prime}({\cal I})}{\Psi^{2}_{0}a^{2}b^{2}}}\,. (68)

Keeping in mind that in the quasi-linear case ()=1>0{\cal L}^{\prime}({\cal I})=1>0, we assume that in general nonlinear case we can choose the models with ()>0{\cal L}^{\prime}({\cal I})>0 only. With this assumption we see that the roots of the characteristic equations λ1\lambda_{1} and λ2\lambda_{2} are real and have opposite signs; thus, the new critical points happen to be the saddle points. On the phase portrait of the dynamic system the new saddle points appear between the old critical points (for instance, between ϕ=0\phi=0 and ϕ=π\phi=\pi, between ϕ=π\phi=\pi and ϕ=2π\phi=2\pi, etc). This event reconstructs the phase portrait, since now all stationary points ϕ=πk\phi=\pi k become centers, and the number of finite zones doubles. When the product a2(t)b2(t)a^{2}(t)b^{2}(t) grows, there comes such a moment in time, when the function {\cal H} (61) losses the possibility to have zeros. The last possibility to have zeros takes place when cosϕ=1\cos{\phi}=1 or cosϕ=1\cos{\phi}=-1, depending on the values of guiding parameters. This means that at that time moment +ϕ=ϕ=0+\phi_{*}=-\phi_{*}=0 or +ϕ=ϕ=π+\phi_{*}=-\phi_{*}=\pi. On the phase portrait two new saddle points, which harbor the points ϕ=(2k+1)π\phi=(2k+1)\pi, are converging and finally coincide, thus removing additional zones of finite motion and recovering the old saddle points at ϕ=(2m+1)π\phi=(2m+1)\pi. Illustration of typical phase portrait is presented on Fig.1.

We have to stress, that in this case the zones of infinite motion exist, and the axion field can grow to an arbitrarily large value.

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Figure 1: Illustration of a typical phase portrait of the dynamic system (60) with (61); when the function {\cal H} (61) has no zeros, the saddle points harboring the centers converge thus transforming such phase portrait to the one for the physical pendulum. The phase portrait contains two zones of infinite motion, which are located above the upper line formed by separatrices and below the lower one; the corresponding curves describe infinite grow of the axion field.

V Conclusions and outlook

The main idea we can conclude from this work is that the decay of the color aether, which took place in the early Universe, can be accompanied by intensive axion production. Why do we think so?

The evolutionary equation for the axion field (48), which we obtained in the framework of the nonlinear version of the self-consistent SU(N) symmetric Einstein-Yang-Mills-aether-axion model, is, in fact, the generalized master equation of physical pendulum, and this equation admits the formal translational symmetry ϕϕ+2πn\phi\to\phi+2\pi n with integer nn. The typical instantaneous phase portrait of the corresponding non-autonomous dynamic system (60), depicted on Fig.1, shows that, as in the case of classical physical pendulum, the phase portrait contains two zones of infinite motion (they are located above the upper line formed by separatrices and below the lower one). The axionic system, which starts to evolve with the initial value ϕ(t0)=πn\phi(t_{0})=\pi n (see the requirement transforming the solution (43) to (44)) can enter the zones of infinite motion, if the initial value ϕ˙(t0)\dot{\phi}(t_{0}) is appropriate. Clearly, when ϕ(t0)=π\phi(t_{0})=\pi, i.e., the pendulum is in the inverted state, and the starting point is located on the phase plane near the saddle point, a small disturbance is enough to provide the infinite motion. For the starting point ϕ(t0)=0\phi(t_{0})=0, the corresponding value ϕ˙(t0)\dot{\phi}(t_{0}) should be big enough to provide the entrance to the zone of infinite motion.

What does this means? In the described situation the pseudoscalar field ϕ\phi grows quasi-periodically, and its final value can be estimated as ϕ=2πn\phi=2\pi n_{\infty}. The final value nn_{\infty} is predetermined by the behavior of the function Θ(t)\Theta(t) in the related model of the spacetime evolution. In this sense it is interesting to analyze the term {\cal H} (61) in different cosmological epochs. When the term a2b2a^{2}b^{2} is small and F122F^{2}_{12} is big, the second term in {\cal H} is the leading one, so that the typical time scale for the axion field oscillations TT relates to Tψ0abν|F12|()T\to\frac{\psi_{0}ab}{\nu|F_{12}|\sqrt{{\cal L}^{\prime}({\cal I})}}. Thus, in the early Universe the typical time scale is predetermined by the gauge field strength, and it is rather small. For big values of the function a2(t)b2(t)a^{2}(t)b^{2}(t) the second term in (61) is negligible, and the typical time scale is predetermined by the axion interaction with the aether, T2κ|C2|Ψ0ΘT\to\sqrt{\frac{2\kappa}{\left|C_{2}\right|}}\ \frac{\Psi_{0}}{\Theta}, or by the axion mass, T1mAT\to\frac{1}{m_{A}}, if C2=0C_{2}=0. We agree that in this point some estimations are necessary, and we plan to consider them in a special letter.

In order to formulate our further plans, we would like to make the following three comments.

1. In the paper Non3 , using the nonlinear axion electrodynamics, we have shown that the interaction between the axionic dark matter and global magnetic field can lead to the anomalous flares of the axionically induced electric field, but the axion field itself remains in the finite zone of evolution. In this work we generalized the U(1) symmetric axion electrodynamics, and formulated the nonlinear SU(N) symmetric generalized axion chromodynamics. In contrast to the mentioned result of Non3 , we have shown that the axion field can grow to an arbitrarily large value, but the gauge field remains in the finite zone. Such a difference appeared, since in Non3 we used the internal Jackson’s SO(2) symmetry of classical electrodynamics, but here we assumed that the whole SU(N) symmetric model can inherit the discrete symmetry of the physical pendulum.

2. In the paper AA we considered full-format generalization of the linear axion-aether theory, however, the electromagnetic field did not include into consideration. In the work BL we studied the general formalism of the U(1) symmetric Einstein-Maxwell-aether theory, but the axion field did not include into consideration. Now we made the step to finish the proposed program, namely, we considered the model with SU(N) symmetry instead of U(1), i.e., we introduced the Yang-Mills fields instead of the Maxwell field, the color aether instead of the dynamic aether, and considered the coupling of the axion field to both of them.

3. In the papers E1 ; E2 ; Non2 we studied the direct influence of the dynamic aether on the axionic dark matter by using the axion field potential, which depends on the invariants attributed to the dynamic aether. Now we took into account the backreaction of the axion field on the color aether by using the generalization of the Jacobson’s constitutive tensor.

Putting together all these finds, we hope in the nearest future to build a catalog of models, which predict the axionic dark matter production on the different stage of the Universe evolution.

Acknowledgments

The work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (Grant No 21-12-00130). The authors are grateful to Dr. Bochkarev V.V. for valuable comments.

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