Updated constraints on superconducting cosmic strings from the astronomy of fast radio bursts

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In this article we update constraints on superconducting cosmic strings (SCSs) in light of the recent observational developments of fast radio bursts (FRBs) astronomy.

• Assuming strings follow an exponential distribution characterized by current, we show that two parameters in our context, which are the characteristic tension ($G\mu$) and a parameter which describes the aforementioned exponential distribution ($I_c$), can be constrained by FRB experiments.
• Particularly, we investigate data sets from Parkes and ASKAP.
• We looked through a parameter space where $G\mu \sim [10^{-17}, 10^{-12}]$ and $I_c\sim [10^{-1}, 10^{2}]$ GeV, and found our results show that Parkes jointly with ASKAP can constrain the parameter space for SCSs.