We show that for a relatively light majoron (≪100 eV) non-thermal
production from topological defects is an efficient production mechanism.
Taking the type I seesaw as benchmark scheme, we estimate the primordial
majoron abundance and determine the required parameter choices where it can
account for the observed cosmological dark matter. The latter is consistent
with the scale of unification. Possible direct detection of light majorons with
future experiments such as PTOLEMY and the formation of boson stars from the
majoron dark matter are also discussed.Comment: 27 pages, 3 figures; v2: references added, matches published versio