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The Stochastic Gravitational Wave Background Generated by Cosmic String Networks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2015

L. Sousa  and
P. P. Avelino
L. Sousa
Affiliation:
Centro de Astrofísica da Universidade do Porto, Rua das Estrelas, 4150-762 Porto, Portugal
P. P. Avelino
Affiliation:
Centro de Astrofísica da Universidade do Porto, Rua das Estrelas, 4150-762 Porto, Portugal Departamento de Física e Astronomia da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 687, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal emails: [email protected], [email protected]
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Abstract

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Cosmic string interactions often result in the formation of cosmic string loops that detach from the long string network and radiate their energy in the form of gravitational waves. Loop production occurs copiously throughout the cosmological evolution of a cosmic string network and the superimposition of their emissions gives rise to a stochastic gravitational In this essay, we briefly review our recent work on the stochastic gravitational wave background generated by cosmic string networks and introduce a set of numerical and analytical tools for the computation of this background.

Keywords

cosmology: theoryearly universegravitational waves
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 10 , Symposium S306: Statistical Challenges in 21st Century Cosmology , May 2014 , pp. 391 - 393
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2015 

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