Bounds on Cosmic Strings from WMAP and SDSS

Details Bounds on Cosmic Strings from WMAP and SDSS Bounds on Cosmic Strings from WMAP and SDSS

2005-03-16

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0503364v2

Phys.Rev.D72:023513,2005; Erratum-ibid.D73:089905,2006

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

11 pages, 7 figures. A few errors in the computer code used to calculated CMB anistotropy from strings are fixed, resulting in

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.72.023513

We find the constraints from WMAP and SDSS data on the fraction of cosmological fluctuations sourced by local cosmic strings using a Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) analysis. In addition to varying the usual 6 cosmological parameters and the string tension ($\mu$), we also varied the amount of small-scale structure on the strings. Our results indicate that cosmic strings can account for up to 7 (14)% of the total power of the microwave anisotropy at 68 (95)% confidence level. The corresponding bound on the string mass per unit length, within our string model, is $G\mu < 1.8 (2.7) \times 10^{-7}$ at 68 (95)% c.l., where this constraint has been altered from what appears below following the correction of errors in our cosmic string code outlined in a recent erratum, astro-ph/0604141. We also calculate the B-type polarization spectra sourced by cosmic strings and discuss the prospects of their detection.

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