2005/06/16 by P. M. Saffin, Paul M Saffin · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2005/09/011
published as JHEP0509:011,2005 · 10 pages, 3 figures
arxiv created 2005/06/16 · openalex publication_date 2005/09/06 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
We propose a model with a U(1)A x U(1)B gauge symmetry which contains topological strings carrying magnetic flux under each of the U(1)s. By calculating the tension of the first few low energy strings we show that bound states, containing flux under each of the U(1)s, are stable against decay to their constituents of lower winding number. As the model contains only Abelian gauge symmetries this model provides a pragmatic solution to the numerical modelling of cosmic-superstrings. Whilst these defects do not satisfy a BPS bound we argue that they bear sufficient similarities to warrant such a study.