GUT cosmic strings and inflation

Abstract

We show that GUT cosmic strings generically form after inflation if a {\it non-inert} symmetry breaks after inflation; they form irrespectively of the inflationary scenario and in both supersymmetric and non-supersymmetric theories.

9 pages

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• Inflation, Strings, CMB anisotropies and Leptogenesis