Radiation constraints from cosmic strings
Astrophysics
2009-10-22 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
We show that it is possible to evolve a network of global strings numerically including the effects of radiative backreaction, using the renormalised equations for the Kalb-Ramond action. We calculate radiative corrections to the equations of motion and deduce the effect on a network of global strings. We also discuss the implications of this work for the cosmological axion density.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9412056,
title = {Radiation constraints from cosmic strings},
author = {R. A. Battye and E. P. S. Shellard},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9412056},
year = {2009}
}
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4 Pages, UUencoded postscript file, to appear in 'Trends in Astro-Particle Physics - Nuclear Physics B, Proceedings Supplements