3 papers
hep-ph2025
Formation of primordial black holes through Q-balls
Shinta Kasuya, Masahiro Kawasaki, Alexander Kusenko +1
We study the primordial black hole (PBH) formation from Q-balls that are non-topological solitons in scalar field theories. We develop a formula for calculating the density perturb…
hep-ph2025
Do Cosmic String Segments Emit Gravitational Waves?
Akifumi Chitose, Masahiro Ibe, Shunsuke Neda +1
Cosmic strings are predicted in various extensions of the Standard Model, including grand unified theories. Depending on the symmetry-breaking pattern, they can be either topologic…
hep-ph2024
Gravitational Waves from Metastable Cosmic Strings in Supersymmetric New Inflation Model
Akifumi Chitose, Masahiro Ibe, Shunsuke Neda +1
Recent observations by pulsar timing arrays (PTAs) indicate a potential detection of a stochastic gravitational wave (GW) background. Metastable cosmic strings have been recognized…