Dynamics of junctions and the multitension velocity-dependent one-scale model
Abstract
The dynamics of string junctions and their influence on the evolution of cosmic superstring networks are studied in full detail. We review kinematic constraints for colliding strings in a Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker background and obtain the average distribution of possible string configurations after string collisions. The study of small-scale structure enables us to investigate the average growth/reduction rate of string junctions for a given cosmic string network. Incorporating the averaged junction dynamics into the velocity-dependent one-scale model for multitension string networks, we improve the semianalytic description and quantitative understanding of cosmic superstring network evolution.
- Publication:
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Physical Review D
- Pub Date:
- March 2019
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.99.063516
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1812.04584
- Bibcode:
- 2019PhRvD..99f3516R
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics;
- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
- E-Print:
- 14 pages, 9 figures