Cosmic string loops, large and small

2007/11/30 by F. Dubath, Florian Dubath, Joseph Polchinski +1 · 4 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #astro-ph #gr-qc #hep-ph #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.77.123528

published as Phys.Rev.D77:123528,2008 · 13 pages, 3 jpg figures. v2: reference moved, note added

arxiv created 2008/02/19 · openalex publication_date 2008/06/23 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01

Abstract

We extend our earlier model of the small-scale structure of cosmic string networks through an improved treatment of the separation of long and short scales. We find that the production of small loops (at the gravitational radiation scale) is a robust feature of string networks, in addition to a population of loops near the horizon scale. We obtain quantitative agreement with the scaling of loop production functions as found in simulations by two groups.

Citations

• Analytic study of small scale structure on cosmic strings

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