Scaling and Small Scale Structure in Cosmic String Networks

Details Scaling and Small Scale Structure in Cosmic String Networks Scaling and Small Scale Structure in Cosmic String Networks

1996-12-13

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9612135v1

Phys.Rev.D56:637-646,1997

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

22pp Plain LaTeX, 12 EPS figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.56.637

We examine the scaling properties of an evolving network of strings in Minkowski spacetime and study the evolution of length scales in terms of a 3-scale model proposed by Austin, Copeland and Kibble (ACK). We find good qualitative and some quantitative agreement between the model and our simulations. We also investigate small-scale structure by altering the minimum allowed size for loop production E_c. Certain quantities depend significantly on this parameter: for example the scaling density can vary by a factor of two or more with increasing E_c. Small-scale structure as defined by ACK disappears if no restrictions are placed on loop production, and the fractal dimension of the string changes smoothly from 2 to 1 as the resolution scale is decreased. Loops are nearly all produced at the lattice cut-off. We suggest that the lattice cut-off should be interpreted as corresponding to the string width, and that in a real network loops are actually produced with this size. This leads to a radically different string scenario, with particle production rather than gravitational radiation being the dominant mode of energy dissipation. At the very least, a better understanding of the discretisation effects in all simulations of cosmic strings is called for.

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