3 papers
astro-ph.CO2024
A Superfluid Dark Matter Cosmic String Wake
Aline Favero, Robert Brandenberger
We study the effects of superfluid dark matter on the structure of a cosmic string wake, considering both the effects of regular and quantum pressure terms. We consider the total f…
astro-ph.CO2023
Superfluid dark matter flow around cosmic strings
Heliudson Bernardo, Robert Brandenberger, Aline Favero
We consider a cosmic string moving through a gas of superfluid dark matter (SFDM) particles and analyze how it affects the dark matter distribution. We look at two different cases:…
astro-ph.CO2023
Cosmic Strings from Thermal Inflation
Robert Brandenberger, Aline Favero
Thermal inflation was proposed as a mechanism to dilute the density of cosmological moduli. Thermal inflation is driven by a complex scalar field possessing a large vacuum expectat…