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Black string in the standard model

Yu Hamada1,2, Yuta Hamada3,4, and Hayate Kimura4

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Phys. Rev. D 111, 125009 – Published 13 June, 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/x3sh-45j7

Abstract

The Swampland cobordism conjecture [arXiv:1909.10355.] predicts various new objects in a theory with dynamical gravity. Applying this idea to the Standard Model of particle physics, a string object is predicted. We numerically constructed such an object as a black string solution.

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Phys. Rev. D 111, 125009– Published 13 June, 2025
  • Received 17 January 2025
  • Accepted 20 May 2025
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