The Promise of Structure Formation with Cosmic Strings in an Open Universe

Pedro P. Avelino¹, R. R. Caldwell², and C. J. A. P. Martins^{1, 3}

¹ Centro de Astrof\'{i}sica da Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 823, 4150 Porto, Portugal
² Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
³ Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Silver Street, Cambridge CB3 9EW, U.K.

The cosmic string scenario in an open universe is developed -- including the equations of motion, a model of network evolution, the large angular scale cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy, and the power spectrum of density fluctuations produced by cosmic strings with dark matter.

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The Promise of Structure Formation with Cosmic Strings in an Open Universe

Pedro P. Avelino1, R. R. Caldwell2, and C. J. A. P. Martins1, 3

Pedro P. Avelino¹, R. R. Caldwell², and C. J. A. P. Martins^{1, 3}