Cosmic String Wakes in Scalar-Tensor Gravities
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-10-31 v2 Astrophysics
Abstract
The formation and evolution of cosmic string wakes in the framework of a scalar-tensor gravity are investigated in this work. We consider a simple model in which cold dark matter flows past an ordinary string and we treat this motion in the Zel'dovich approximation. We make a comaprison between our results and previous results obtained in the context of General Relativity. We propose a mechanism in which the contribution of the scalar field to the evolution of the wakes may lead to a cosmological observation.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0003041,
title = {Cosmic String Wakes in Scalar-Tensor Gravities},
author = {S. R. M. Masalskiene and M. E. X. Guimaraes},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0003041},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Replaced version to be published in the Classical and Quantum Gravity