Evolution of Cosmic Strings

1984
15 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 54 (1985) 1868-1871
Report number:
  • UCSB-TH-4-1984

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Abstract: (APS)
Results of numerical simulations of the evolution of a network of interacting cosmic strings in an expanding universe are presented and compared with a simple model. The results lend weight to earlier speculations about the evolution of cosmic strings.
  • 14.80.Pb
  • 98.80.Cq
  • 12.10.En
  • ASTROPHYSICS: CRITICAL PHENOMENA
  • MODEL: STRING
  • LATTICE FIELD THEORY
  • ENERGY: DENSITY
  • SCALING
  • NUMERICAL CALCULATIONS