Scaling of cosmic string loops

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2005-11-29

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0511159v4

Phys.Rev. D74 (2006) 063527

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Added discussion of gravitational wave bounds; other minor changes

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.74.063527

We study the spectrum of loops as a part of a complete network of cosmic strings in flat spacetime. After a long transient regime, characterized by production of small loops at the scale of the initial conditions, it appears that a true scaling regime takes over. In this final regime the characteristic length of loops scales as $0.1 t$, in contrast to earlier simulations which found tiny loops. We expect the expanding-universe behavior to be qualitatively similar. The large loop sizes have important cosmological implications. In particular, the nucleosynthesis bound becomes $G\mu \lesssim 10^{-7}$, much tighter than before.

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