CMB constraints on cosmic strings and superstrings

We present the first complete MCMC analysis of cosmological models with evolving cosmic (super)string networks, using the Unconnected Segment Model in the unequal-time correlator formalism. For ordinary cosmic string networks, we derive joint constraints on ΛCDM and string network parameters, namely...

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Main Authors: Charnock, Tom, Avgoustidis, Anastasios, Copeland, Edmund J., Moss, Adam
Format: Article
Published: American Physical Society 2016
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34948/