Small-angle CMB temperature anisotropies induced by cosmic strings
Small-angle CMB temperature anisotropies induced by cosmic strings
We use Nambu-Goto numerical simulations to compute the cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature anisotropies induced at arcminute angular scales by a network of cosmic strings in a Friedmann-Lema\^{\i}tre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) expanding universe. We generate 84 statistically independent maps on a $7.2\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{}$ field of view, which we use to derive basic statistical …