I. Yu. Rybak, A. Avgoustidis, C. J. A. P. Martins
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-Lemaitre-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.
Keywords
Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics; High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Physical Review D
Volume 99, Issue 6
2019 March