C-parity, magnetic monopoles and higher frequency gravitational waves
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Abstract: (arXiv)
We consider the spontaneous breaking of grand unified symmetry to the left-right symmetric model with C-parity also unbroken [ converts , where is the electric charge operator in .] This breaking produces the topologically stable GUT monopole as well as a GUT scale C-string. The subsequent breaking at an intermediate scale of C-parity produces domain walls bounded by C-strings, found by Kibble, Lazarides and Shafi. A limited number of inflationary -foldings experienced during these breakings can yield an observable number density of primordial GUT monopoles. The C-strings also experience this inflationary phase, and the subsequent string-wall network decays through the emission of gravitational waves. We estimate the gravitational wave spectrum from these composite structures over a range of values of the domain wall tension . Depending on the spectrum displays a peak in the higher frequency range between to Hz.Note:
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