Axion free-kick misalignment mechanism

We propose an alternative scenario for the axion misalignment mechanism based on nontrivial interplay between and a light dilaton in early universe. Dark matter abundance is still sourced by initial of field, whose motion along potential kicks field away from its minimum, starts to oscillate later with delayed onset time oscillation relatively large value due kick; eventually dominates over their energy densities, identified as dark matter. The kick effect most significant if near minimum; therefore, we call this ``free-kick'' mechanism, where plays role similar football player. can be obtained lower decay constant compared conventional mechanism.