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Particle Radiation and Cosmic Rays from Cosmic Strings
Eray SabancilarPhysics Department, Arizona State University,
Tempe AZ.
2014 ASU-Tufts Joint Workshop on Cosmic StringsTempe, AZ,
February 4th, 2014.
Eray Sabancilar Particle Radiation and Cosmic Rays from Cosmic Strings
Particle Radiation
Eray Sabancilar Particle Radiation and Cosmic Rays from Cosmic Strings
Thank you!
Eray Sabancilar Particle Radiation and Cosmic Rays from Cosmic Strings
Particle Radiation
Eray Sabancilar Particle Radiation and Cosmic Rays from Cosmic Strings
Scalar Particle Radiation
• Quadratic coupling: Srednicki, Theisen ‘87 → Not significant!
L ∼ λ∫
d2σ√−γ ϕ2. (1)
Eray Sabancilar Particle Radiation and Cosmic Rays from Cosmic Strings
Scalar Particle Radiation
• Quadratic coupling: Srednicki, Theisen ‘87 → Not significant!
• Scalar fields with stronger coupling (α > 1) are less constrained because loopsdisappear more quickly! ES ‘09
Eray Sabancilar Particle Radiation and Cosmic Rays from Cosmic Strings
Ultra High Energy Neutrinos from Cusps and Kinks
• Scalar particles are emitted from cusps and kinks with Lorentz factors ofγc ∼
√mL >> 1 into a narrow opening angle θc ∼ 1/γc .
• The rate of particle bursts that occur at redshift z in the interval (z, z + dz):
dNb =n(L, z) dL
L/2
Ω
4π
dV (z)
1 + z. (15)
• The diffuse flux of neutrinos from bursts originating at redshifts ∼ z:
Jν(E ; z) =(1 + z)
4π
∫dNb
dzξν(E , k)
dN(k)
Ωk r2(z). (16)
Eray Sabancilar Particle Radiation and Cosmic Rays from Cosmic Strings
Particle Radiation from Superconducting String Cusps
• Superheavy charge carriers are ejected from parts of strings, where the current issaturated: Easily achieved at cusps. Berezinsky, Olum, ES, Vilenkin ’09.
dNX
dt∼ 2I 2/e Imax , (17)
I . Imax ∼ iceη, ic . 1. (18)
• String tension: Gµ ∼ η2/m2p .
• Mass of the charge carrier: mX ∼ icη.
Eray Sabancilar Particle Radiation and Cosmic Rays from Cosmic Strings
Fragmentation Function for Neutrinos
• The neutrinos are produced via pions produced from hadronic cascades.
• The fragmentation function: dN/dE ∝ E−2
Berezinsky, Kachelriess ’01.
• The minimum neutrino energy: Emin ∼ (1GeV)γ/(1 + z).
Eray Sabancilar Particle Radiation and Cosmic Rays from Cosmic Strings
UHE Neutrino Fluxes, Detectability Limits, Upper BoundsFigure from Lunardini, ES, Yang ‘13
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Necklaces SHDM Cusps Kinks
SCSC AGN Cosmogenic
FORTE
NuMoon ANITA
RICE
SKA
LOFAR
JEM-‐EUSO nadir
JEM-‐EUSO Itled
Cosmic Necklaces:Berezinsky, Martin, Vilenkin ’97; Super Heavy Dark Matter (SHDM):Berezinsky, Kachelriess, Vilenkin ’98; Kuzmin,