Type I Abelian Higgs strings: evolution and Cosmic Microwave Background constraints

Abstract

We present results from the first simulations of networks of Type I Abelian Higgs cosmic strings to include both matter and radiation eras and Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) constraints. In Type I strings, the string tension is a slowly decreasing function of the ratio of the scalar and gauge mass-squared, $\beta$. We find that the mean string separation shows no dependence on $\beta$, and that the energy-momentum tensor correlators decrease approximately in proportion to the square of the string tension, with additional O(1) correction factors which asymptote to constants below $\beta \lesssim 0.01$. Strings in models with low self-couplings can therefore satisfy current CMB bounds at higher symmetry-breaking scales. This is particularly relevant for models where the gauge symmetry is broken in a supersymmetric flat direction, for which the effective self-coupling can be extremely small. If our results can be extrapolated to $\beta \simeq 10^{-15}$, even strings formed at $10^{16}$ GeV (approximately the grand unification scale in supersymmetric extensions of the Standard Model) can be compatible with CMB constraints.

arXiv comment11 pages, 9 figures. v2 Discussion of previous Type I cosmic string simulations added (Ref. [36]), main results unchanged. v3 matches published version

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