Domain wall network evolution in (N+1)-dimensional FRW universes

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2011

Authors

Avelino, PP (Author) FCUP; Sousa, L (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Vol. 83

ISSN: 1550-7998

Publisher: American Physical Society

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Other information

Authenticus ID: P-002-V26

DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.83.043530

Abstract (EN): We develop a velocity-dependent one-scale model for the evolution of domain wall networks in flat expanding or collapsing homogeneous and isotropic universes with an arbitrary number of spatial dimensions, finding the corresponding scaling laws in frictionless and friction dominated regimes. We also determine the allowed range of values of the curvature parameter and the expansion exponent for which a linear scaling solution is possible in the frictionless regime.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 5