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Title: CMB distortions from damping of acoustic waves produced by cosmic strings

Journal Article · · Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
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  1. Physics Department, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287 (United States)

We study diffusion damping of acoustic waves in the photon-baryon fluid due to cosmic strings, and calculate the induced μ- and y-type spectral distortions of the cosmic microwave background. For cosmic strings with tension within current bounds, their contribution to the spectral distortions is subdominant compared to the distortions from primordial density perturbations.

OSTI ID:
22282727
Journal Information:
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Vol. 2013, Issue 08; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1475-7516
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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