Journal
JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS
Volume -, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
IOP Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2022/08/042
Keywords
Cosmic strings; domain walls; monopoles; cosmology of theories beyond the SM; gravitational waves/sources; particle physics - cosmology connection
Funding
- Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation [2251]
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This study estimates the effects of stable cosmic strings on the emitted gravitational wave spectrum. By considering the inflation effects, the lower frequency portion of the spectrum is effectively suppressed, evading the constraints on string tension. The authors also present experimental results and explain the realization of this "quasi-stable" string network in realistic theories.
We estimate the stochastic gravitational wave spectrum emitted from a network of cosmic strings in which the latter are effectively stable against breaking by monopole pair creation. The monopoles are produced at a higher scale from an earlier symmetry breaking and experience significant inflation before reentering the horizon. This gives rise to monopole-antimonopole pairs connected by string segments and the string loop formation essentially ceases. As a consequence, the lower frequency portion of the gravitational wave spectrum is suppressed relative to the no-inflation case with stable strings, which evades the stringent PPTA bound on the dimensionless string tension G mu. We display the modified spectrum, accessible in the ongoing and future experiments, for G mu values in the range 10(-10)-10(-15). We show how this 'quasi-stable' string network is realized in realistic grand unified theories.
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