Evolution of Cosmic String Loops under Gravitational Backreaction

arXiv:2608.31163 · gr-qc, astro-ph.CO, hep-ph · Submitted 2026-08-31 · Read on arXiv

gr-qc, astro-ph.CO, hep-ph

Submitted: 2026-08-31

Updated: 2026-08-31

Terminology

• Core — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Topological Defects — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Gravitational Wave Emission — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Phase Transitions — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Symmetry Breaking — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Trace — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• Gravitational Wave Gastronomy
• Waveform Modelling for the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna
• Cosmic string gravitational wave backgrounds at LISA: I. Signal survey, template reconstruction, and model comparison
• Numerical gravitational backreaction on cosmic string loops from simulation
• New Massless Spectra from Cosmic String Cusps
• Essentials of Classical Brane Dynamics
• Relic Gravitational Waves from Cosmic Strings: Updated Constraints and Opportunities for Detection
• Constraints on cosmic string tension imposed by the limit on the stochastic gravitational wave background from the European Pulsar Timing Array

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