Interpretation of Nanohertz Gravitational Waves via Cosmic Strings in Post-BBN Matter and Kination Domination

arXiv:2610.10674 · astro-ph.CO, hep-ph · Submitted 2026-10-07 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-10-07

Updated: 2026-10-07

Terminology

• Abundance — 16× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Bayesian Inference — 4× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• European Pulsar Timing Array — 3× in this paper
• Phase Transitions — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• pulsar timing arrays — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Symmetry Breaking — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Anisotropy — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Bayesian Framework — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Benchmark — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Core — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Cosmic Linear Anisotropy Solving System — 1× in this paper
• Gravitational Lensing — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Gravitational Wave Emission — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Matter Power Spectrum — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Reheating — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• The NANOGrav 15-year Data Set: Evidence for a Gravitational-Wave Background
• The second data release from the European Pulsar Timing Array II. Customised pulsar noise models for spatially correlated gravitational waves
• The Parkes Pulsar Timing Array Third Data Release
• The Chinese Pulsar Timing Array data release I. Single pulsar noise analysis
• Gravitational Wave and CMB Probes of Axion Kination
• Induced Gravitational Waves with Kination Era for Recent Pulsar Timing Array Signals
• Complex Spinors and Unified Theories
• Axiogenesis
• Constraints on symmetry from holography
• Symmetries in quantum field theory and quantum gravity
• Lepto-Axiogenesis
• Stochastic gravitational wave background from smoothed cosmic string loops
• Cosmic Archaeology with Gravitational Waves from Cosmic Strings
• Fingerprint of Low-Scale Leptogenesis in the Primordial Gravitational-Wave Spectrum
• Probing the pre-BBN universe with gravitational waves from cosmic strings
• Beyond the Standard Models with Cosmic Strings
• Primordial Black Hole Archaeology with Gravitational Waves from Cosmic Strings
• Tying knots in particle physics
• UltraNest -- a robust, general purpose Bayesian inference engine
• GetDist: a Python package for analysing Monte Carlo samples

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