Realize the required axion alignment in heterotic compactification

Construct a specific heterotic compactification that realizes the alignment and multi-harmonic structure required for the effective $10^{-28}$ eV axion direction, thereby providing a microscopic test of the unified axion-cosmology scenario.

Background

The proposed resolution of the Hubble tension requires a light axion eigen-direction with an effective decay constant substantially larger than the microscopic heterotic axion decay constants. The same multi-axion system must also generate a multi-harmonic effective potential whose lower-order terms are sufficiently suppressed to produce rapid post-critical dilution.

The paper does not derive these alignment and harmonic relations from an explicit string construction. A concrete heterotic compactification realizing them would establish whether the required effective axion sector can arise from the underlying theory rather than being imposed phenomenologically.

References

Several issues remain open. Most importantly, the present analysis does not derive the required alignment and multi-harmonic structure from a specific heterotic compactification. Establishing such a construction would provide a microscopic test of the scenario.

Toward a Unified Axion Cosmology  (2608.22667 - Fukuyama, 24 Aug 2026) in Section 4, Discussion and conclusions