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@ARTICLE{Buchmuller:593131,
author = {Buchmuller, Wilfried and Domcke, Valerie and Schmitz, Kai},
title = {{M}etastable cosmic strings},
journal = {Journal of cosmology and astroparticle physics},
volume = {11},
number = {11},
issn = {1475-7508},
address = {London},
publisher = {IOP},
reportid = {PUBDB-2023-05315, CERN-TH-2023-118. DESY-23-117},
pages = {020},
year = {2023},
abstract = {Many symmetry breaking patterns in grand unified theories
(GUTs) give rise to cosmic strings that eventually decay
when pairs of GUT monopoles spontaneously nucleate along the
string cores. These strings are known as metastable cosmic
strings and have intriguing implications for particle
physics and cosmology. In this article, we discuss the
current status of metastable cosmic strings, with a focus on
possible GUT embeddings and connections to inflation,
neutrinos, and gravitational waves (GWs). The GW signal
emitted by a network of metastable cosmic strings in the
early universe differs, in particular, from the signal
emitted by topologically stable strings by a suppression at
low frequencies. Therefore, if the underlying symmetry
breaking scale is close to the GUT scale, the resulting GW
spectrum can be accessible at current ground-based
interferometers as well as at future space-based
interferometers, such as LISA, and at the same time account
for the signal in the most recent pulsar timing data sets.
Metastable cosmic strings thus nourish the hope that future
GW observations might shed light on fundamental physics
close to the GUT scale.},
cin = {T},
ddc = {530},
cid = {I:(DE-H253)T-20120731},
pnm = {611 - Fundamental Particles and Forces (POF4-611) / GRK
2149 - GRK 2149: Starke und schwache Wechselwirkung - von
Hadronen zu Dunkler Materie (269952272)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-611 / G:(GEPRIS)269952272},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-MLZ)NOSPEC-20140101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:001149204000007},
doi = {10.1088/1475-7516/2023/11/020},
url = {https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/593131},
}