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Cosmic strings are predicted in many extensions of the Standard Model and constitute a plausible source of gravitational waves (GWs) from the early Universe. In a previous article arXiv:2405.10937v2, we pointed out that the GW spectrum from…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-20 Kai Schmitz , Tobias Schröder

We investigate the anisotropies of the stochastic gravitational-wave background (SGWB) produced by cosmic strings associated with the spontaneous U(1) symmetry breaking of Grand Unified Theory, which happens at the onset of inflation. The…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-21 Rong-Gen Cai , Zong-Kuan Guo , Jing Liu

A future detection of the Stochastic Gravitational Wave Background (SGWB) with GW experiments is expected to open a new window on early universe cosmology and on the astrophysics of compact objects. In this paper we study SGWB anisotropies,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-22 N. Bartolo , D. Bertacca , S. Matarrese , M. Peloso , A. Ricciardone , A. Riotto , G. Tasinato

The advent of gravitational-wave (GW) astronomy has presented us with a completely new means for observing the Universe, allowing us to probe its structure and evolution like never before. In this thesis, we explore three distinct but…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-03-14 Alexander C. Jenkins

The Stochastic Gravitational Wave Background (SGWB) from cosmic superstrings offers one of the few known possibilities to test String Theory within current experimental reach. However, in order to be compatible with the existing…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-09 Anish Ghoshal , Filippo Revello , Gonzalo Villa

We study future observational constraints on cosmic string parameters from various types of next-generation experiments: direct detection of gravitational waves (GWs), pulsar timing array, and the cosmic microwave background (CMB). We…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-30 Sachiko Kuroyanagi , Koichi Miyamoto , Toyokazu Sekiguchi , Keitaro Takahashi , Joseph Silk

We examine the spectrum of gravitational radiation emitted by a network of cosmic strings, with emphasis on the observational constraints and the opportunities for detection. The analysis improves over past work, as we use a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-12-30 R. R. Caldwell , R. A. Battye , E. P. S. Shellard

The stochastic gravitational wave background (SGWB) offers a new opportunity to observe signals of primordial features from inflationary models. We study their detectability with future space-based gravitational waves experiments, focusing…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-17 Matteo Braglia , Xingang Chen , Dhiraj Kumar Hazra

The gravitational wave (GW) signals emitted by a network of cosmic strings are reexamined in view of the possible formation of a network of cosmic superstrings at the end of brane inflation. The reconnection probability $p$ of intersecting…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Thibault Damour , Alexander Vilenkin

Stochastic gravitational-wave backgrounds (SGWBs) of primordial origin offer a powerful probe of early-Universe physics and possible dark-sector dynamics. While most searches focus on the GW power spectrum, additional information is encoded…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-18 Martina Ciprini , Maria Lucia Marcelli , Gianmassimo Tasinato

We study the properties of the stochastic gravitational wave background (SGWB) produced by domain walls (DWs) during inflation without forming a network. We numerically simulate the DW production caused by a second-order phase transition…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-04-06 Haipeng An , Chen Yang

As one of the detection targets of all gravitational wave detectors at present, stochastic gravitational wave background (SGWB) provides us an important way to understand the evolution of our universe. In this paper, we explore the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-11-22 Bo-Rui Wang , Jin Li , He Wang

The cosmic string contributes to our understanding and revelation of the fundamental structure and evolutionary patterns of the universe, unifying our knowledge of the cosmos and unveiling new physical laws and phenomena. Therefore, we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-14 Bo-Rui Wang , Jin Li

A metastable cosmic-string network is a generic consequence of many grand unified theories (GUTs) when combined with cosmic inflation. Metastable cosmic strings are not topologically stable, but decay on cosmic time scales due to pair…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-12-15 Wilfried Buchmuller , Valerie Domcke , Kai Schmitz

Near comoving wavenumber k, the gravitational-wave background (GWB) from inflation carries information about the physical conditions near two moments in cosmic history: the moment when k ``left the horizon'' during inflation, and the moment…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Latham A. Boyle , Paul J. Steinhardt

The mean spectrum and burst statistics of gravitational waves produced by a cosmological population of cosmic string loops are estimated using analytic approximations, calibrated with earlier simulations. Formulas are derived showing the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Craig J. Hogan

A cosmic string network created during an inflationary stage in the early Universe - here defined as i-string network - is expected to enter a transient stretching regime during inflation, in which its characteristic length is stretched to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-19 G. S. F. Guedes , P. P. Avelino , L. Sousa

We present a catalog of gravitational wave background (GWB) signal templates from cosmic-string networks, based on relevant models proposed in the literature. We classify templates as conventional, based on standard cosmology and Nambu-Goto…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-08 Androniki Dimitriou , Daniel G. Figueroa , Peera Simakachorn , Bryan Zaldivar

We perform a phenomenological comparison of the gravitational wave (GW) spectrum expected from cosmic gauge string networks and superstring networks comprised of multiple string types. We show how violations of scaling behavior and the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-07-25 Danny Marfatia , Ye-Ling Zhou

A network of cosmic strings (CS), if present, would continue emitting gravitational waves (GW) as it evolves throughout the history of the Universe. This results in a characteristic broad spectrum making it a perfect source to infer the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-12 Francesc Ferrer , Anish Ghoshal , Marek Lewicki