Superheavy metastable strings in SO(10)
Abstract The spontaneous breaking of SO(10) grand unified symmetry to SU(3) c × SU(2) L × U(1) Y × U(1) χ yields the GUT monopole as well as a comparably heavy U(1) χ monopole which also carries U(1) Y flux. A metastable string scenario in this case requires that the U(1) χ symmetry is necessarily b...
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| description | Abstract The spontaneous breaking of SO(10) grand unified symmetry to SU(3) c × SU(2) L × U(1) Y × U(1) χ yields the GUT monopole as well as a comparably heavy U(1) χ monopole which also carries U(1) Y flux. A metastable string scenario in this case requires that the U(1) χ symmetry is necessarily broken close to the GUT scale, thus resulting in a dimensionless string tension Gμ ~ 10 −6. We show that the χ monopole does not carry any unconfined flux following the electroweak symmetry breaking. Coupled with Gμ ~ 10 −6, this metastable string network appears to provide a good fit to the recent Pulsar Timing Array data on the stochastic gravitational background. Gauge coupling unification, especially in the presence of low scale supersymmetry, determines the GUT scale and, in combination with constraints from proton decay experiments, one is able to constrain some of the key parameters in this setup. The breaking of SO(10) via SU(5) × U(1) χ also yields superheavy metastable strings with no unconfined flux associated with the monopoles. Finally, we consider SO(10) breaking via SU(4) c × SU(2) L × U(1) R , SU(3) c × SU(2) L × SU(2) R × U(1) B−L and flipped SU(5) that yield metastable strings where the associated monopoles carry unconfined flux after the electroweak breaking. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6a863618935d4fdbbe86e81eefe2d5dc2025-08-20T04:01:42ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792025-06-012025611310.1007/JHEP06(2025)217Superheavy metastable strings in SO(10)Rinku Maji0Qaisar Shafi1Cosmology, Gravity and Astroparticle Physics Group, Center for Theoretical Physics of the Universe, Institute for Basic ScienceBartol Research Institute, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of DelawareAbstract The spontaneous breaking of SO(10) grand unified symmetry to SU(3) c × SU(2) L × U(1) Y × U(1) χ yields the GUT monopole as well as a comparably heavy U(1) χ monopole which also carries U(1) Y flux. A metastable string scenario in this case requires that the U(1) χ symmetry is necessarily broken close to the GUT scale, thus resulting in a dimensionless string tension Gμ ~ 10 −6. We show that the χ monopole does not carry any unconfined flux following the electroweak symmetry breaking. Coupled with Gμ ~ 10 −6, this metastable string network appears to provide a good fit to the recent Pulsar Timing Array data on the stochastic gravitational background. Gauge coupling unification, especially in the presence of low scale supersymmetry, determines the GUT scale and, in combination with constraints from proton decay experiments, one is able to constrain some of the key parameters in this setup. The breaking of SO(10) via SU(5) × U(1) χ also yields superheavy metastable strings with no unconfined flux associated with the monopoles. Finally, we consider SO(10) breaking via SU(4) c × SU(2) L × U(1) R , SU(3) c × SU(2) L × SU(2) R × U(1) B−L and flipped SU(5) that yield metastable strings where the associated monopoles carry unconfined flux after the electroweak breaking.https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2025)217Cosmology of Theories BSMGrand UnificationEarly Universe Particle PhysicsPhase Transitions in the Early Universe |
| spellingShingle | Rinku Maji Qaisar Shafi Superheavy metastable strings in SO(10) Journal of High Energy Physics Cosmology of Theories BSM Grand Unification Early Universe Particle Physics Phase Transitions in the Early Universe |
| title | Superheavy metastable strings in SO(10) |
| title_full | Superheavy metastable strings in SO(10) |
| title_fullStr | Superheavy metastable strings in SO(10) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Superheavy metastable strings in SO(10) |
| title_short | Superheavy metastable strings in SO(10) |
| title_sort | superheavy metastable strings in so 10 |
| topic | Cosmology of Theories BSM Grand Unification Early Universe Particle Physics Phase Transitions in the Early Universe |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2025)217 |
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