Cosmological evolution of global monopoles and the origin of large-scale structure

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D. P. Bennett · Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Sun Hong Rhie · Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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We study the evolution of global monopoles by means of numerical simulations, and find that the monopoles obey a scaling solution in which there are a fixed number of monopoles in every horizon volume. Monopoles which form at the grand unification scale can serve as seeds for galaxy and large-scale structure formation.

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Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena

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Published in: Physical Review Letters

Volume 65, Issue 14, pp. 1709-1712

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.65.1709

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