Gravitational Waves from Superconducting Cosmic Strings

arXiv:2607.25317 · astro-ph.CO, gr-qc, hep-ph, hep-th · Submitted 2026-07-28 · Read on arXiv

Jinyoung Jhun, Takashi Hiramatsu

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

Submitted: 2026-07-28

Comments: 14 pages, 9 figures

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

Terminology

• Core — 9× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Topological Defects — 4× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Phase Transitions — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Symmetry Breaking — 3× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• 21-cm signal — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Domain Walls — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Quantization — 1× in this paper · explained in 12 episodes
• Spectral Signature — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• Nonabelian Bosonic Currents in Cosmic Strings
• Quantum Exact Non-Abelian Vortices in Non-relativistic Theories
• Superconducting non-Abelian vortices in Weinberg-Salam theory -- electroweak thunderbolts
• Coupled currents in cosmic strings
• Witten Index and Superconducting Strings
• Stability of superconducting strings coupled to cosmic strings
• Radial excitations of current-carrying vortices
• Excited cosmic strings with superconducting currents
• Axion strings are superconducting
• Electroweak axion string and superconductivity
• Radio Broadcasts from Superconducting Strings
• Cosmological and astrophysical constraints on superconducting cosmic strings
• Constraints on Superconducting Cosmic Strings from Early Reionization
• Updated constraints on superconducting cosmic strings from the astronomy of fast radio bursts
• UHE neutrinos from superconducting cosmic strings
• Cosmic Rays from Cosmic Strings with Condensates
• Global 21cm Absorption Signal from Superconducting Cosmic Strings
• Constraints on the spectral signatures of superconducting cosmic strings
• A cosmic string solution to the radio synchrotron background
• Revisiting constraints on superconducting cosmic strings in light of Dark Ages global 21-cm signal

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