Bosonic condensates in realistic supersymmetric GUT cosmic strings

作者：Allys Erwan^*

来源：Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2016, 2016(4): 009.

DOI：10.1088/1475-7516/2016/04/009

• Cosmic strings
• domain walls
• monopoles
• cosmology of theories beyond the SM
• particle physics - cosmology connection

We study the realistic structure of F-term Nambu-Goto cosmic strings forming in a general supersymmetric Grand Unified Theory implementation, assuming standard hybrid inflation. Examining the symmetry breaking of the unification gauge group down to the Standard Model, we discuss the minimal field content necessary to describe abelian cosmic strings appearing at the end of inflation. We find that several fields will condense in most theories, questioning the plausible occurrence of associated currents (bosonic and fermionic). We perturbatively evaluate the modification of their energy per unit length due to the condensates. We provide a criterion for comparing the usual abelian Higgs approximation used in cosmology to realistic situations.

• 出版日期2016-4