Journal
JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS
Volume -, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2010/01/026
Keywords
cosmology with extra dimensions; string theory and cosmology; cosmology of theories beyond the SM; Cosmic strings; domain walls; monopoles
Funding
- STFC
- Queen Mary EPSTAR consortium
- NSERC of Canada
- STFC [ST/G000565/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Science and Technology Facilities Council [ST/G000565/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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We propose a mechanism for the creation of cosmic string loops with dynamically stabilised windings in the internal space. Assuming a velocity correlations regime in the post-inflationary epoch, such windings are seen to arise naturally in string networks prior to loop formation. The angular momentum of the string in the compact space may then be sufficient to ensure that the windings remain stable after the loop chops off from the network, even if the internal manifold is simply connected. For concreteness we embed our model in the Klebanov-Strassler geometry, which provides a natural mechanism for brane inflation, as well a being one of the best understood compactification schemes in type IIB string theory. We see that the interaction of angular momentum with the string tension causes the loop to oscillate between phases of expansion and contraction. This, in principle, should give rise to a distinct gravitational wave signature, the future detection of which could provide indirect evidence for the existence of extra dimensions.
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