Microphysics of SO(10) cosmic strings

We uncover a rich microphysical structure for SO(10) cosmic strings. For the abelian string the electroweak symmetry is restored around it in a region depending on the electroweak scale. A rich structure of nonabelian strings is found. Some of these also restore the electroweak symmetry. We investigate the zero mode structure of our strings. Whilst there are right handed neutrino zero modes for the abelian string, they do not survive the electroweak phase transition. In general the nonabelian strings do not have fermion zero modes. We consider the generalisation of our results to other theories and consider cosmological consequences of them.

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98.80.Cq
astrophysics: string
grand unified theory: SO(10)
string model: abelian
electroweak interaction: symmetry breaking
string model: nonabelian
fermion: zero mode

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