Cosmic-String-Seeded Structure Formation

Abstract

We describe the results of high-resolution numerical simulations of string-induced structure formation in open universes and those with a non-zero cosmological constant. For models with $\Gamma = \Omega h = 0.1 - 0.2$ and a cold dark matter background, we show that the linear density fluctuation power spectrum has both an amplitude at $8 h^{-1} Mpc, \sigma_8$, and an overall shape which are consistent within uncertainties with those currently inferred from galaxy surveys. The cosmic string scenario with hot dark matter requires a strongly scale-dependent bias in order to agree with observations.