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hep-th2005
The effects of inhomogeneities on the cosmology of type IIB conifold transitions
Eran Palti, Paul Saffin, Jon Urrestilla
In this paper we examine the evolution of the effective field theory describing a conifold transition in type IIB string theory. Previous studies have considered such dynamics star…
hep-th2005
A practical model for cosmic (p,q) superstrings
P. M. Saffin
We propose a model with a U(1)_A x U(1)_B gauge symmetry which contains topological strings carrying magnetic flux under each of the U(1)s. By calculating the tension of the first…
hep-th2005
On the evolution of cosmic-superstring networks
Edmund J. Copeland, P. M. Saffin
We model the behaviour of a network of interacting (p,q) strings from IIB string theory by considering a field theory containing multiple species of string, allowing us to study th…