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hep-ph2025
High-frequency Gravitational Waves from Superstring Phases in the Early Universe
Joseph P. Conlon, Edmund J. Copeland, Edward Hardy +1
When moduli roll in the early universe, all physical scales - including string tensions - simultaneously evolve. The dynamics of cosmic string loops with time-varying tension can p…
hep-ph2024
Percolating Cosmic String Networks from Kination
Joseph P. Conlon, Edmund J. Copeland, Edward Hardy +1
We describe a new mechanism, whose ingredients are realised in string compactifications, for the formation of cosmic (super)string networks. Oscillating string loops grow when thei…
hep-ph2024
Formation and decay of oscillons after inflation in the presence of an external coupling, Part-I: Lattice simulations
Mohammed Shafi, Edmund J. Copeland, Rafid Mahbub +2
We investigate the formation and decay of oscillons during the post-inflationary reheating epoch from inflaton oscillations around asymptotically flat potentials in the pre…