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宇宙弦圈引力反作用的数值模拟研究

Numerical gravitational backreaction on cosmic string loops from simulation

Wentworth Institute of Technology(温特沃斯理工学院);Tufts University(塔夫茨大学);University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU(巴斯克地区大学);Peddie School(佩迪学校);University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign(伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校);Acton-Boxborough Regional High School(阿克顿-博克斯波罗区域高中)

Jeremy M. Wachter, Ken D. Olum, Jose J. Blanco-Pillado, Vishnu R. Gade, Kirthivarsha Sivakumar

AI总结:

本研究通过数值模拟分析宇宙弦圈的引力反作用,发现其能平滑小尺度结构、引发轻微自相交,且扭折变圆形成的尖点对引力波辐射贡献微弱,为理解自然中的弦圈提供参考。

摘要:

我们报告了对源自网络模拟的宇宙弦圈进行引力反作用计算的结果。反作用的主要效应是平滑弦圈的小尺度结构,这通过平均弦圈功率谱和弦圈上扭折角分布等多种测量方式得到验证。多数情况下反作用会导致自相交,但相交程度通常较小。先前研究提及扭折变圆形成尖点的重要效应,但我们发现该过程产生的尖点非常弱,对弦圈总引力波辐射无显著贡献。我们还简要讨论了将结果外推至自然中实际存在的弦圈的情况。

英文摘要:

We report on the results of performing computational gravitational backreaction on cosmic string loops taken from a network simulation. The principal effect of backreaction is to smooth out small-scale structure on loops, which we demonstrate by various measures including the average loop power spectrum and the distribution of kink angles on the loops. Backreaction does lead to self-intersections in most cases, but these are typically small. An important effect discussed in prior work is the rounding off of kinks to form cusps, but we find that the cusps produced by that process are very weak and do not significantly contribute to the total gravitational-wave radiation of the loop. We comment briefly on extrapolating our results to loops as they would be found in nature.

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