Scaling of cosmological domain wall networks with junctions
Astrophysics
2008-11-26 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We describe the results of the largest and most accurate three-dimensional field theory simulations of domain wall networks with junctions. We consider a previously introduced class of models which, in the limit of large number of coupled scalar fields, approaches the so-called `ideal' model (in terms of its potential to lead to network frustration). We consider values of between N=2 and N=20. In all cases we find compelling evidence for a gradual approach to scaling, with the quantitative scaling parameters having only a mild dependence on . These results strongly support our no-frustration conjecture.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0612444,
title = {Scaling of cosmological domain wall networks with junctions},
author = {P. P. Avelino and C. J. A. P. Martins and J. Menezes and R. Menezes and J. C. R. E. Oliveira},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0612444},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
4 pages, 2 figures