Induced gravitational waves, metastable cosmic strings and primordial black holes in GUTs

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Autores principales: Maji, Rinku, Moursy, Ahmad, Shafi, Qaisar
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author Maji, Rinku
Moursy, Ahmad
Shafi, Qaisar
author_facet Maji, Rinku
Moursy, Ahmad
Shafi, Qaisar
contents We explore the cosmological and astrophysical implications of a realistic hybrid inflation model based on flipped $SU(5)$. The model contains superheavy metastable cosmic strings arising from a waterfall field that encounters a limited number of $e$-foldings during the inflationary phase. In addition to the gravitational waves emitted by the metastable strings, there also appear scalar induced gravitational waves linked to the waterfall phase transition. These two independent sources of gravitational waves can yield a combined spectrum that is compatible with the recent PTA measurements, and with additional features that can be probed in future experiments. We also show the appearance of primordial black holes with mass on the order of $10^{29}$ g from the waterfall phase transition, and with an abundance that can be tested in the gravitational lensing experiments.
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spellingShingle Induced gravitational waves, metastable cosmic strings and primordial black holes in GUTs
Maji, Rinku
Moursy, Ahmad
Shafi, Qaisar
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
We explore the cosmological and astrophysical implications of a realistic hybrid inflation model based on flipped $SU(5)$. The model contains superheavy metastable cosmic strings arising from a waterfall field that encounters a limited number of $e$-foldings during the inflationary phase. In addition to the gravitational waves emitted by the metastable strings, there also appear scalar induced gravitational waves linked to the waterfall phase transition. These two independent sources of gravitational waves can yield a combined spectrum that is compatible with the recent PTA measurements, and with additional features that can be probed in future experiments. We also show the appearance of primordial black holes with mass on the order of $10^{29}$ g from the waterfall phase transition, and with an abundance that can be tested in the gravitational lensing experiments.
title Induced gravitational waves, metastable cosmic strings and primordial black holes in GUTs
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.13584