Effects of anisotropic dynamics on cosmic strings
High Energy Physics - Theory
2012-04-25 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract
The dynamics of cosmic strings is considered in anisotropic backgrounds. In particular, the behaviour of infinitely long straight cosmic strings and of cosmic string loops is determined. Small perturbations of a straight cosmic string are calculated. The relevance of these results is discussed with respect to the possible observational imprints of an anisotropic phase on the behaviour of a cosmic string network.
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@article{arxiv.1106.4434,
title = {Effects of anisotropic dynamics on cosmic strings},
author = {Kerstin E. Kunze and Mairi Sakellariadou},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1106.4434},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
16 pages, 9 figures; matches version published in JCAP