Type I Abelian Higgs strings: Evolution and cosmic microwave background constraints
@article{Hindmarsh2019TypeIA, title={Type I Abelian Higgs strings: Evolution and cosmic microwave background constraints}, author={Mark Hindmarsh and Joanes Lizarraga and Jon Urrestilla and David Daverio and Martin Kunz}, journal={Physical Review D}, year={2019} }
We present results from the first simulations of networks of Type I Abelian Higgs cosmic strings to include both matter and radiation eras and Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) constraints. In Type I strings, the string tension is a slowly decreasing function of the ratio of the scalar and gauge mass-squared,β. We find that the mean string separation shows no dependence on β, and that the energy-momentum tensor correlators decrease approximately in proportion to the square of the string tension…
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