
Version 2 Update: This updated manuscript provides a more rigorous theoretical derivation of the domain-wall network dynamics. It includes a full second-order perturbation analysis using the ADM formalism to demonstrate the exponential damping of isocurvature modes, ensuring strict consistency with CMB constraints. Abstract: We present a cosmological model where an initially symmetric two-field scalar sector undergoes spontaneous symmetry breaking, leading to the formation of a transient domain-wall network. We derive the background dynamics showing that $\rho_{DW} \propto H$ during a metastable scaling regime, which provides a late-time enhancement of the expansion rate to alleviate the Hubble tension. The same mechanism produces a stochastic gravitational-wave background in the nanohertz band, correlating a percent-level shift in $H_0$ with a GW amplitude $\Omega_{GW} \sim 10^{-9}-10^{-8}$.
Gravitational Waves, ADM Formalism, Numerical Cosmology, Pulsar Timing Arrays, NANOGrav, Domain Walls, Hubble Tension, Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking, Cosmology
Gravitational Waves, ADM Formalism, Numerical Cosmology, Pulsar Timing Arrays, NANOGrav, Domain Walls, Hubble Tension, Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking, Cosmology
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