PBHs and GWs from Scaling Monopoles

arXiv:2606.31937 · hep-ph, astro-ph.CO, gr-qc · Submitted 2026-06-30 · Read on arXiv

Daiki Aburatani, Wakutaka Nakano, Wen Yin

hep-ph, astro-ph.CO, gr-qc

Submitted: 2026-06-30

Comments: 34pages, 10figures, 1table, comments are welcome

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Abundance — 10× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Reheating — 9× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Core — 7× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Topological Defects — 5× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Benchmark — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Domain Walls — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Primordial Black Holes (PBHs) — 2× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Anisotropy — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Clustering — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Gradient Flow — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Gravitational Lensing — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Microlensing — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Nonminimal coupling — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment — 1× in this paper
• Phase Transitions — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Symmetry Breaking — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• pulsar timing arrays — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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