Scaling in a SU(2)/Z_3 model of cosmic superstring networks

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Hindmarsh, Mark and Saffin, P.M. (2006) Scaling in a SU(2)/Z_3 model of cosmic superstring networks. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2006 (08). 066. ISSN 1029-8479

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Abstract

Motivated by recent developments in superstring theory in the cosmological context, we examine a field theory which contains string networks with 3-way junctions. We perform numerical simulations of this model, identify the length scales of the network that forms, and provide evidence that the length scales tend towards a scaling regime, growing in proportion to time. We infer that the presence of junctions does not in itself cause a superstring network to dominate the energy density of the early Universe.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/703777
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Science > School of Physics and Astronomy
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2006/08/066
Depositing User: Saffin, Dr Paul
Date Deposited: 21 Apr 2017 10:11
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 16:26
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/42115

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