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Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation Anisotropy Induced by Cosmic Strings

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We report on a current investigation of the anisotropy pattern induced by cosmic strings on the cosmic microwave background radiation (MBR). We have numerically evolved a network of cosmic strings from a redshift of Z=100Z = 100 to the present and calculated the anisotropies which they induce. Based on a limited number of realizations, we have compared the results of our simulations with the observations of the COBE-DMR experiment. We have obtained a preliminary estimate of the string mass-per-unit-length μ\mu in the cosmic string scenario.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9407042,
  title  = {Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation Anisotropy Induced by Cosmic Strings},
  author = {B. Allen and R. R. Caldwell and E. P. S. Shellard and A. Stebbins and S. Veeraraghavan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9407042},
  year   = {2007}
}

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8 pages of TeX - [Color] Postscript available by anonymous ftp at ftp://fnas08.fnal.gov:/pub/Publications/Conf-94-197-A, FERMILAB-Conf-94/197-A