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astro-ph2008★ 3 cited
Small Scale Behavior of Cosmic String Networks
Joseph Polchinski
The evolution of cosmic string networks is an interesting dynamical problem. The equations governing these networks are classical and fully specified, but the length scale at which…
astro-ph2007★ 74 cited
Cosmic String Loops, Large and Small
Florian Dubath, Joseph Polchinski, Jorge V. Rocha
We extend our earlier model of the small scale structure of cosmic string networks through an improved treatment of the separation of long and short scales. We find that the produc…
astro-ph2007★ 20 cited
Cosmic String Loops and Gravitational Radiation
Joseph Polchinski
Understanding of the signatures of cosmic string networks is limited by a large uncertainty in the sizes at which cosmic string loops form. We review cosmic string network evolutio…