Cosmic D-strings and vortons in supergravity

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2006.07.034zbMATH Open1248.83137arXivhep-th/0606036OpenAlexW2052982096MaRDI QIDQ712795FDOQ712795

C. van de Bruck, S. C. Davis, Philippe Brax, A. C. Davis

Publication date: 18 October 2012

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

Abstract: Recent developments in string inspired models of inflation suggest that D-strings are formed at the end of inflation. Within the supergravity model of D-strings there are 2(n-1) chiral fermion zero modes for a D-string of winding n. Using the bounds on the relic vorton density, we show that D-strings with winding number n>1 are more strongly constrained than cosmic strings arising in cosmological phase transitions. The D-string tension of such vortons, if they survive until the present, has to satisfy 8pi G_N mu lesssim p 10^{-26} where p is the intercommutation probability. Similarly, D-strings coupled with spectator fermions carry currents and also need to respect the above bound. D-strings with n=1 do not carry currents and evade the bound. We discuss the coupling of D-strings to supersymmetry breaking. When a single U(1) gauge group is present, we show that there is an incompatibility between spontaneous supersymmetry breaking and cosmic D-strings. We propose an alternative mechanism for supersymmetry breaking, which includes an additional U(1), and might alleviate the problem. We conjecture what effect this would have on the fermion zero modes.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0606036

zbMATH Keywords

inflationD-stringssupergravity model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Supergravity (83E50) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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• Fayet–Iliopoulos terms in supergravity and cosmology
• Dynamic instability criterion for circular string loops

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• ELECTROMAGNETIC CORRECTIONS TO SUPERCONDUCTING COSMIC STRING EQUATION OF STATE AND VORTON STABILITY

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