Topological defects and inflation

In the context of supersymmetric models, we analyze the production of topological defects at the end of inflation driven by a conjugate pair of inflaton fields which are non-singlets under the continuous symmetry group of the theory. We find that magnetic monopoles of mass on the order of 1013 GeV can survive inflation and be present in our galaxy at an observable level. We also consider cosmic strings as well as domain walls.