PERTURBATIONS FROM COSMIC STRINGS IN COLD DARK MATTER

被引:70
作者
ALBRECHT, A
STEBBINS, A
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[1] NASA/Fermilab Astrophysics Center, Batavia, IL 60510
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.2121
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We present a systematic linear analysis of the perturbations induced by cosmic strings in cold dark matter. We calculate the power spectrum and find that the strings produce a great deal of power on small scales. We show that the perturbations on interesting scales are the result of many uncorrelated string motions, which indicates a more "Gaussian" distribution than was previously supposed.
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