Cosmic Microwave Background Signatures from Current-carrying Cosmic Strings

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Auteurs principaux: Rybak, I. Yu., Martins, C. J. A. P., Peter, Patrick, Shellard, E. P. S.
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author Rybak, I. Yu.
Martins, C. J. A. P.
Peter, Patrick
Shellard, E. P. S.
author_facet Rybak, I. Yu.
Martins, C. J. A. P.
Peter, Patrick
Shellard, E. P. S.
contents We continue our studies of the evolution and cosmological consequences of current-carrying cosmic string networks, described by a charge-velocity-dependent one scale (CVOS) model. We present a detailed calculation of the effects of these networks on the cosmic microwave background (CMB), in the context of this model, and specifically discuss how such current-carrying strings may be distinguished from their uncharged (Nambu-Goto) counterparts by current or forthcoming CMB data. We find that, under the CVOS hypothesis, the constraints on current-carrying strings should not differ much from those of their structureless counterparts in that the impact on the CMB can at most be reduced by a factor of ~25%. Nevertheless, the presence of a current and charge affects the distribution of power among scalar, vector and tensor modes, and also its distribution between small and large scales. It should therefore be possible for future high-sensitivity CMB experiments to distinguish between the two types of strings.
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spellingShingle Cosmic Microwave Background Signatures from Current-carrying Cosmic Strings
Rybak, I. Yu.
Martins, C. J. A. P.
Peter, Patrick
Shellard, E. P. S.
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
We continue our studies of the evolution and cosmological consequences of current-carrying cosmic string networks, described by a charge-velocity-dependent one scale (CVOS) model. We present a detailed calculation of the effects of these networks on the cosmic microwave background (CMB), in the context of this model, and specifically discuss how such current-carrying strings may be distinguished from their uncharged (Nambu-Goto) counterparts by current or forthcoming CMB data. We find that, under the CVOS hypothesis, the constraints on current-carrying strings should not differ much from those of their structureless counterparts in that the impact on the CMB can at most be reduced by a factor of ~25%. Nevertheless, the presence of a current and charge affects the distribution of power among scalar, vector and tensor modes, and also its distribution between small and large scales. It should therefore be possible for future high-sensitivity CMB experiments to distinguish between the two types of strings.
title Cosmic Microwave Background Signatures from Current-carrying Cosmic Strings
topic Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.16332