Scaling properties of multitension domain wall networks

M. F. Oliveira, C. J. A. P. Martins

Abstract
We study the asymptotic scaling properties of domain wall networks with three different tensions in various cosmological epochs. We discuss the conditions under which a scale-invariant evolution of the network (which is well established for simpler walls) still applies and also consider the limiting case where defects are locally planar and the curvature is concentrated in the junctions. We present detailed quantitative predictions for scaling densities in various contexts, which should be testable by means of future high-resolution numerical simulations.

Keywords
Particle-theory and field-theory models of the early Universe

Physical Review D
Volume 91, Page 043527
February 2015

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