QCD axion from a spontaneously broken gauge symmetry.

In this paper, we show that the Peccei-Quinn (PQ) symmetry with a good quality can be realized in a simple extension of the minimal supersymmetric standard model. The PQ symmetry is a remnant of the gauge symmetry at the renormalizable level. Besides, the sufficient quality of the PQ symmetry is preserved by a non anomalous discrete gauged -symmetry and a small gravitino mass ≪ 100 GeV.