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Gauged global strings
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DOI：10.1007/JHEP02(2024)093.png)
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We investigate the string solutions and cosmological implications of the gauge U(1)(Z) x global U(1)(PQ) model. With two hierarchical symmetry-breaking scales, the model exhibits three distinct string solutions: a conventional global string, a global string with a heavy core, and a gauge string as a bound state of the two global strings. This model reveals rich phenomenological implications in cosmology. During the evolution of the universe, these three types of strings can form a Y-junction configuration. Intriguingly, when incorporating this model with the QCD axion framework, the heavy-core global strings emit more axion particles compared to conventional axion cosmic strings due to their higher tension. This radiation significantly enhances the QCD axion dark matter abundance, thereby opening up the QCD axion mass window. Consequently, axions with masses exceeding similar to 10(-5) eV have the potential to constitute the whole dark matter abundance. Furthermore, in contrast to conventional gauge strings, the gauge strings in this model exhibit a distinctive behavior by radiating axions.
Keywords:
Axions and ALPs
Cosmology of Theories BSM
Gauge Symmetry
Global Symmetries
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