How generic is cosmic string formation in SUSY GUTs

Details How generic is cosmic string formation in SUSY GUTs How generic is cosmic string formation in SUSY GUTs

2003-08-12

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0308134v1

Phys.Rev.D68:103514,2003

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

31 pages, Latex, submitted to PRD

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.68.103514

We study cosmic string formation within supersymmetric grand unified theories. We consider gauge groups having a rank between 4 and 8. We examine all possible spontaneous symmetry breaking patterns from the GUT down to the standard model gauge group. Assuming standard hybrid inflation, we select all the models which can solve the GUT monopole problem, lead to baryogenesis after inflation and are consistent with proton lifetime measurements. We conclude that in all acceptable spontaneous symmetry breaking schemes, cosmic string formation is unavoidable. The strings which form at the end of inflation have a mass which is proportional to the inflationary scale. Sometimes, a second network of strings form at a lower scale. Models based on gauge groups which have rank greater than 6 can lead to more than one inflationary era; they all end by cosmic string formation.

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