Revisiting metastable cosmic string breaking
Abstract Metastable cosmic strings appear in models of new physics with a two-step symmetry breaking G → H → 1, where π 1(H) ≠ 0 and π 1(G) = 0. They decay via the monopole-antimonopole pair creation inside. Conventionally, the breaking rate has been estimated by an infinitely thin string approximat...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2024-04-01
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Series: | Journal of High Energy Physics |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2024)068 |