Stability of domain wall network with initial inflationary fluctuations and its implications for cosmic birefringence

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2023.137990zbMATH Open1528.83142arXiv2211.06849OpenAlexW4379231970MaRDI QIDQ6173376FDOQ6173376

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Publication date: 21 July 2023

Published in: Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the formation and evolution of domain walls with initial inflationary fluctuations by numerical lattice calculations that, for the first time, correctly take into account correlations on superhorizon scales. We find that, contrary to the widely-held claim {over the past few tens of years}, the domain wall network exhibits remarkable stability even when the initial distribution is largely biased toward one of the minima. This is due to the fact that the domain wall network retains information about initial conditions on superhorizon scales, and that the scaling solution is not a local attractor in this sense. Our finding immediately implies that such domain walls will have a significant impact on cosmology, including the production of gravitational waves, baryogenesis, and dark matter from domain walls. Applying this result to the axion-like particle domain wall, we show that it not only explains the isotropic cosmic birefringence suggested by the recent analysis, but also predicts anisotropic cosmic birefringence that is nearly scale-invariant on large scales and can be probed by future CMB observations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.06849

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Measures of association (correlation, canonical correlation, etc.) (62H20) Classification theory, stability, and related concepts in model theory (03C45) Surgery obstructions, Wall groups (57R67) Other elementary particle theory in quantum theory (81V25) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Lattice gravity, Regge calculus and other discrete methods in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C27) Gravitational waves (83C35) Propagation of singularities; initial value problems on manifolds (58J47)

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• Cosmic strings and other topological defects
• Topology of cosmic domains and strings
• Cosmic strings and domain walls
• Vacuum sampling in the landscape during inflation
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• A new solution for the observed isotropic cosmic birefringence angle and its implications for the anisotropic counterpart through a Boltzmann approach
• Revisiting the minimal Nelson-Barr model

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