On open membranes, cosmic strings and moduli stabilization

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2005.09.002zbMATH Open1138.83360OpenAlexW2056923488MaRDI QIDQ876253FDOQ876253

Authors: E. I. Buchbinder 

Publication date: 16 April 2007

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

Abstract: We discuss how cosmic strings can be created in heterotic M-theory compactifications with stable moduli. We conclude that the only appropriate candidates seem to be fundamental open membranes with a small length. In four dimensions they will appear as strings with a small tension. We make an observation that, in the presence of the vector bundle moduli, it might be possible to stabilize a five-brane very close to the visible sector so that a macroscopic open membrane connecting this five-brane and the visible brane will have a sufficiently small length. We also discuss how to embed such cosmic strings in heterotic models with stable moduli and whether they can be created after inflation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0507164

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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) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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