Decay of Cosmic String Loops due to Particle Radiation
Abstract
Constraints on the tension and the abundance of cosmic strings depend crucially on the rate at which they decay into particles and gravitational radiation. We study the decay of cosmic string loops in the Abelian-Higgs model by performing field theory simulations of loop formation and evolution. We find that our set of string loops emits particle radiation primarily due to kink collisions, and that the decay time due to these losses is proportional to $L^p$ with $p≈2$ where $$L$$ is the loop length. In contrast, the decay time to gravitational radiation scales in proportion to $$L$$, and we show that particle emission is the primary energy loss mechanism for loops smaller than a critical length scale, while gravitational losses dominate for larger loops.
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- Research Org.:
- Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1514732
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1594984
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0019470
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Volume: 122 Journal Issue: 20; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; Cosmic strings & domain walls; Field & string theory models & techniques; Gravitational waves; Gravitation; Cosmology & Astrophysics; Particles & Fields
Citation Formats
Matsunami, Daiju, Pogosian, Levon, Saurabh, Ayush, and Vachaspati, Tanmay. Decay of Cosmic String Loops due to Particle Radiation. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.201301.
Matsunami, Daiju, Pogosian, Levon, Saurabh, Ayush, & Vachaspati, Tanmay. Decay of Cosmic String Loops due to Particle Radiation. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.201301
Matsunami, Daiju, Pogosian, Levon, Saurabh, Ayush, and Vachaspati, Tanmay. Mon .
"Decay of Cosmic String Loops due to Particle Radiation". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.201301.
@article{osti_1514732,
title = {Decay of Cosmic String Loops due to Particle Radiation},
author = {Matsunami, Daiju and Pogosian, Levon and Saurabh, Ayush and Vachaspati, Tanmay},
abstractNote = {Constraints on the tension and the abundance of cosmic strings depend crucially on the rate at which they decay into particles and gravitational radiation. We study the decay of cosmic string loops in the Abelian-Higgs model by performing field theory simulations of loop formation and evolution. We find that our set of string loops emits particle radiation primarily due to kink collisions, and that the decay time due to these losses is proportional to $L^p$ with $p≈2$ where $L$ is the loop length. In contrast, the decay time to gravitational radiation scales in proportion to $L$, and we show that particle emission is the primary energy loss mechanism for loops smaller than a critical length scale, while gravitational losses dominate for larger loops.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.201301},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 20,
volume = 122,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {5}
}
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.201301
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