Non-Invertible Peccei-Quinn Symmetry, Natural 2HDM Alignment, and the Visible Axion

Abstract

We identify $m_{12}^2$ as a spurion of non-invertible Peccei-Quinn symmetry in the type II 2HDM with gauged quark flavor. Thus a UV theory which introduces quark color-flavor monopoles can naturally realize alignment without decoupling and can furthermore revive the Weinberg-Wilczek axion. As an example we consider the $SU(9)$ theory of color-flavor unification, which needs no new fermions. This is the first model-building use of non-invertible symmetry to find a Dirac natural explanation for a small $\text{relevant}$ parameter.

Comments: 16 + 7 pages, 4 figures, 4 tables; v2: updated to match JHEP version