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Supersymmetric k-defects

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Michael Koehn *
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Mark Trodden
DOI:10.1016/j.physletb.2016.02.067delete
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In supersymmetric theories, topological defects can have nontrivial behaviors determined purely by whether or not supersymmetry is restored in the defect core. A well-known example of this is that some supersymmetric cosmic strings are automatically superconducting, leading to important cosmological effects and constraints. We investigate the impact of nontrivial kinetic interactions, present in a number of particle physics models of interest in cosmology, on the relationship between supersymmetry and supercurrents on strings. We find that in some cases it is possible for superconductivity to be disrupted by the extra interactions. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license.
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COSMIC STRINGS
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Physics Letters B cover
Physics Letters B
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4.5
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university of pennsylvania
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Citations: 153