Galileon Higgs vortices

Vortex solutions are topologically stable field configurations that can play an important role in condensed matter, field theory, and cosmology. we investigate vortex configuration in a 2+1 dimensional abelian higgs theory supplemented by higher order derivative self-interactions, related with galileons. our vortex solutions have features that make them qualitatively different from well-known abrikosov-nielsen-olesen configurations, since the derivative interactions turn on gauge invariant field profiles that break axial symmetry. by promoting the system to a 3+1 dimensional string configuration, we study its gravitational backreaction. our results are all derived within a specific, analytically manageable system, and might offer indications for understanding galileonic interactions and screening mechanisms around configurations that are not spherically symmetric, but only at most cylindrically symmetric.