Dynamical Systems and Superstring Phases in the Early Universe

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Main Authors: González, Noelia Sánchez, Conlon, Joseph P., Copeland, Edmund J., Hardy, Edward
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Published: 2025
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author González, Noelia Sánchez
Conlon, Joseph P.
Copeland, Edmund J.
Hardy, Edward
author_facet González, Noelia Sánchez
Conlon, Joseph P.
Copeland, Edmund J.
Hardy, Edward
contents We study the string theory dynamics of the volume scalar rolling down an exponential potential during the period between inflation and reheating, in a background of cosmic superstring loops. In the context of the LVS potential, we demonstrate the existence of a novel string loop attractor tracker solution, in which 75% of the energy density of the universe is in the form of a gas of fundamental cosmic superstring loops (a configuration preferred over the standard radiation tracker). On this tracker, it is the continual reduction in the string tension as the volume scalar evolves that makes the loops stable against decay. For more general non-LVS potentials, mixed radiation-loop trackers can also occur.
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spellingShingle Dynamical Systems and Superstring Phases in the Early Universe
González, Noelia Sánchez
Conlon, Joseph P.
Copeland, Edmund J.
Hardy, Edward
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Theory
We study the string theory dynamics of the volume scalar rolling down an exponential potential during the period between inflation and reheating, in a background of cosmic superstring loops. In the context of the LVS potential, we demonstrate the existence of a novel string loop attractor tracker solution, in which 75% of the energy density of the universe is in the form of a gas of fundamental cosmic superstring loops (a configuration preferred over the standard radiation tracker). On this tracker, it is the continual reduction in the string tension as the volume scalar evolves that makes the loops stable against decay. For more general non-LVS potentials, mixed radiation-loop trackers can also occur.
title Dynamical Systems and Superstring Phases in the Early Universe
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.14187