Radiation constraints from cosmic strings
arXiv:astro-ph/9412056 · doi:10.1016/0920-5632(95)00450-N
Abstract
We show that it is possible to evolve a network of global strings numerically including the effects of radiative backreaction, using the renormalised equations for the Kalb-Ramond action. We calculate radiative corrections to the equations of motion and deduce the effect on a network of global strings. We also discuss the implications of this work for the cosmological axion density.
4 Pages, UUencoded postscript file, to appear in 'Trends in Astro-Particle Physics - Nuclear Physics B, Proceedings Supplements