Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1998-12-08
Int.J.Mod.Phys.D11:61-102,2002
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
60 pages, 24 figures
Scientific paper
10.1142/S0218271802001299
We describe the detailed study and results of high-resolution numerical simulations of string-induced structure formation in open universes and those with a non-zero cosmological constant. The effect from small loops generated from the string network has also been investigated. We provide a semi-analytical model which can reproduce these simulation results. A detailed study of cosmic string network properties regarding structure formation is also given, including the correlation time, the topological analysis of the source spectrum, the correlation between long strings and loops, and the evolution of long-string and loop energy densities. For models with $\Gamma=\Omega h=0.1--0.2 and a cold dark matter background, we show that the linear density fluctuation power spectrum induced by cosmic strings has both an amplitude at $8 h^{-1}$Mpc, $\sigma_8$, and an overall shape which are consistent within uncertainties with those currently inferred from galaxy surveys. The cosmic string scenario with hot dark matter requires a strongly scale-dependent bias in order to agree with observations.
Allen Ben
Avelino Pedro P.
Shellard Paul. E. S.
Wu J.-H. P.
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