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Supersymmetric U(1) B-L flat direction and NANOGrav 15 year data

  • Jeonbuk National University

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Abstract

We show that, when connected with monopoles, the flat D-flat direction breaking the local U(1) B-L symmetry as an extension of the minimal supersymmetric standard model can be responsible for the signal of a stochastic gravitational wave background recently reported by NANOGrav collaborations, while naturally satisfying constraints at high frequency band. Thanks to the flatness of the direction, a phase of thermal inflation arises naturally. The reheating temperature is quite low, and suppresses signals at frequencies higher than the characteristic frequency set by the reheating temperature. Notably, forthcoming spaced based experiments such as LISA can probe the cutoff frequency, providing an indirect clue of the scale of soft SUSY-breaking mass parameter.

Original languageEnglish
Article number015
JournalJournal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Volume2024
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024.01.1

Keywords

  • Cosmic strings
  • cosmological phase transitions
  • cosmology of theories beyond the SM
  • domain walls
  • gravitational waves / sources
  • monopoles

Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) Subject Topics

  • Physics & Astronomy

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