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Heavy cosmic strings

M. Donaire, A. Rajantie

hep-pharXiv:hep-ph/0508272

Abstract

We argue that cosmic strings with high winding numbers generally form in first-order gauge symmetry breaking phase transitions, and we demonstrate this using computer simulations. These strings are heavier than single-winding strings and therefore more easily observable. Their cosmological evolution may also be very different.

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