C-parity, magnetic monopoles and higher frequency gravitational waves

Feb 14, 2025
15 pages
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Abstract: (arXiv)
We consider the spontaneous breaking of SO(10)SO(10) grand unified symmetry to the left-right symmetric model SU(3)c×SU(3)L×SU(2)R×U(1)BLSU(3)_c \times SU(3)_L \times SU(2)_R \times U(1)_{B-L} with C-parity also unbroken [CC converts QQQ\to -Q, where QQ is the electric charge operator in SO(10)SO(10).] 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 ee-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 σ\sigma. Depending on σ\sigma the spectrum displays a peak in the higher frequency range between 10210^2 to 10510^5 Hz.
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