Kavli Affiliate: Satoshi Shirai | First 5 Authors: Akifumi Chitose, Masahiro Ibe, Satoshi Shirai, Yaxuan Wen, | Summary: We investigate cosmic strings arising from a hierarchical gauge symmetry breaking sequence, $mathrm{SU}(2) times mathrm{U}(1) rightarrow mathrm{U}(1) times mathrm{U}(1) rightarrow mathrm{U}(1)’ rightarrow text{Nothing}$. This pattern gives rise to two distinct classes of cosmic strings: light, stable strings […]
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