TY - T1 - Scaling Density of Axion Strings SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/313457 T3 - A1 - Hindmarsh, Mark; Lizarraga, Joanes; Lopez-Eiguren, Asier; Urrestilla, Jon A2 - PB - Y1 - 2020 LA - eng AB - In the QCD axion dark matter scenario with postinflationary Peccei-Quinn symmetry breaking, the number density of axions, and hence the dark matter density, depends on the length of string per unit volume at cosmic time t, by convention written zeta/t(2). The expectation has been that the dimensionless parameter zeta tends to a constant zeta(0), a feature of a string network known as scaling. It has recently been claimed that in larger numerical simulations zeta shows a logarithmic increase with... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - DOMAIN-WALLS; EVOLUTION; 114 Physical sciences N1 - PP - ER -