Evidence of Cosmic Strings by the Observation of the Alignment of Quasar Polarization Axes on Mpc scale
Reinoud Jan Slagter

TL;DR
This paper proposes a model where cosmic strings with azimuthal-angle correlations explain the observed alignment of quasar polarization axes on Mpc scales, linking cosmic string phase transitions to quasar polarization phenomena.
Contribution
It introduces a novel model connecting cosmic string phase transitions and quasar polarization alignments, supported by perturbation analysis and stability considerations.
Findings
Correlation explains quasar polarization alignment
Model predicts second order effects in quasar groups
High-redshift quasar data can test the model
Abstract
We find a emergent azimuthal-angle dependency of the Nielsen-Olesen vortices in the general relativistic situation just after the symmetry breaking at GUT-scale. Using a high-frequency perturbation method, we obtain in the first and second order perturbation equations -dependent terms left over after the phase transition of the Higgs field. Vortices with high multiplicity decay into a lattice with entangled Abrikosov vortices. The stability of this lattice of correlated flux vortices with preferred azimuthal-angle is guaranteed by the contribution from the bulk spacetime by means of the warp factor: the cosmic string becomes super-massive for some time during the evolution and initiates the excitations of the vortices to high multiplicity. The correlation will not fade away during the expansion by the warp factor. We used this azimuthal-angle correlation for the…
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Taxonomy
TopicsBlack Holes and Theoretical Physics · Cosmology and Gravitation Theories · Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
