Seeking String Theory in the Cosmos

Abstract

We review the existence, formation and properties of cosmic strings in string theory, the wide variety of observational techniques that are being employed to detect them, and the constraints that current observations impose on string theory models.

25 pages; contribution for String Cosmology issue of Classical and Quantum Gravity. References added and other improvements. Matches journal version

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• Induced fermionic current in AdS spacetime in the presence of a cosmic string and a compactified dimension
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• Cosmic string and brane induced effects on the fermionic vacuum in AdS spacetime
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• The bispectrum of matter perturbations from cosmic strings
• Finite temperature bosonic charge and current densities in compactified cosmic string spacetime
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• Cosmic Super-Strings and Kaluza-Klein Modes
• Constraints on Cosmic Super-Strings from Kaluza-Klein Emission
• Fermionic vacuum polarization around a cosmic string in compactified AdS spacetime
• Non-Abelian cosmic strings in de Sitter and anti-de Sitter space
• Cusps and pseudo-cusps in strings with Y-junctions
• Vacuum fermionic currents in braneworld models on AdS bulk with a cosmic string
• Electromagnetic vacuum fluctuations around a cosmic string in de Sitter spacetime
• Gravitating non-Abelian cosmic strings
• Cosmic superstring trajectories in warped compactifications
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• Scalar Casimir densities and forces for parallel plates in cosmic string spacetime
• Topological effects in fermion condensate induced by cosmic string and compactification on AdS bulk
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• Breaking symmetry, breaking ground
• Cosmic Strings Stabilized by Quantum Fluctuations
• Electromagnetic vacuum densities induced by a cosmic string
• The cusp properties of High Harmonic Loops
• Scalar self-interaction in the spacetime of a cosmic dispiration
• Supersymmetric Horizons at the Edge of Effective Field Theory
• Non-perpetual Eternal Inflation and the Emergent de Sitter Swampland Conjecture
• Effect of high harmonic loops on gravitational wave bounds from cosmic strings
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