Gravitational wave signatures from kink proliferation on cosmic (super-) strings
Gravitational wave signatures from kink proliferation on cosmic (super-) strings
Junctions on cosmic string loops give rise to the proliferation of sharp kinks. We study the effect of this proliferation on the gravitational wave (GW) signals emitted from string networks with junctions, assuming a scaling solution. We calculate the rate of occurrence and the distribution in amplitude of the GW …