Destruction of fermion zero modes on cosmic strings

DOI10.1023/A:1026647813522MaRDI QIDQ1972088zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors S. C. Davis

Publication date 23 March 2000

Published in International Journal of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9901417

zbMATH Keywords

cosmological implicationsstrings formed in \(SO (10)\) grand unified symmetrysuperstring

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Abstract: I examine the existence of zero energy fermion solutions (zero modes) on cosmic strings in an SO(10) grand unified theory. The current carrying capability of a cosmic string formed at one phase transition can be modified at subsequent phase transitions. I show that the zero modes may be destroyed and the conductivity of the string altered. I discuss the cosmological implications of this, and show that it allows vorton bounds to be relaxed.

Review text

Research on cosmic strings is of great significance today in theoretical physics. In the paper under review, the author has dealt with the problem of the existence of zero-energy fermion solutions on cosmic strings in the \(SO(10)\) grand unified theory (GUT). The fermion zero modes on an abelian cosmic string are treated in the second section while in the third section the details of the fate of zero modes on strings formed in \(SO (10)\) grand unified symmetry, are presented. In the fourth section, the index theorems and spectral flow are discussed. It is shown that the zero modes may be destroyed and the conductivity of the string altered. The cosmological implications of this are described, too. There are 20 references.

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