Angular 21 cm power spectrum of a scaling distribution of cosmic string wakes

Oscar F. Hernández*, Yi Wang, Robert Brandenberger, José Fong

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Cosmic string wakes lead to a large signal in 21 cm redshift maps at redshifts larger than that corresponding to reionization. Here, we compute the angular power spectrum of 21 cm radiation as predicted by a scaling distribution of cosmic strings whose wakes have undergone shock heating.

Original languageEnglish
Article number014
JournalJournal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Volume2011
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2011
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Cosmic strings
  • domain walls
  • monopoles
  • redshift surveys

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