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Centro de Astrofísica da Universidade do Porto

Cosmic string loops and large-scale structure

P. P. Avelino, E. P. S. Shellard, J. H. P. Wu, B. Allen

Abstract
We investigate the contribution made by small loops from a cosmic string network as seeds for large-scale structure formation. We show that cosmic string loops are highly correlated with the long-string network on large scales and therefore contribute significantly to the power spectrum of density perturbations if the average loop lifetime is comparable to or above one Hubble time. This effect further improves the large-scale bias problem previously identified in earlier studies of cosmic string models.

Physical Review D
Volume 60, Page 023511
July 1999

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