Nielsen-Olesen strings in Supersymmetric models
High Energy Physics - Theory
2014-11-18 v2 Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
We investigate the behaviour of a model with two oppositely charged scalar fields. In the Bogomol'nyi limit this may be seen as the scalar sector of N=1 supersymmetric QED, and it has been shown that cosmic strings form. We examine numerically the model out of the Bogomol'nyi limit, and show that this remains the case. We then add supersymmetry-breaking mass terms to the supersymmetric model, and show that strings still survive. Finally we consider the extension to N=2 supersymmetry with supersymmetry-breaking mass terms, and show that this leads to the formation of stable cosmic strings, unlike in the unbroken case.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0211240,
title = {Nielsen-Olesen strings in Supersymmetric models},
author = {M. Pickles and J. Urrestilla},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0211240},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
7 pages, 2 figues, uses revtex4; minor typos corrected; references added