Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2002-05-07
Nucl.Phys. B649 (2003) 88-100
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
16 pages, one important reference and one section added
Scientific paper
10.1016/S0550-3213(02)01020-9
Moduli fields are generally present in superstring--inspired models. They are typically characterized by masses of the order of the supersymmetry breaking scale and by interactions of gravitational strength to ordinary matter. If stable, they can easily overclose the Universe. If unstable, strong limits on their abundance have to be imposed not to disrupt the successful predictions of nucleosynthesis. We discuss the production of moduli quanta from loops of cosmic strings, which may form at phase transitions in the early history of the Universe. As an application, we then focus on strings formed at the end of hybrid inflation, showing that in this case the coupling of the moduli to the field which forms the string network has to be much weaker than the typical gravitational interactions not to exceed the bounds from nucleosynthesis. Alternatively, if the relevant coupling is of gravitational order, an upper bound of about 10^13 GeV is imposed on the string energy scale.
Peloso Marco
Sorbo Lorenzo
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