Large parallel cosmic string simulations: New results on loop production
  Using a new parallel computing technique, we have run the largest cosmic
string simulations ever performed. Our results confirm the existence of a long
transient period where a non-scaling distribution of small loops is produced at
lengths depending on the initial correlation scale. As time passes, this
initial population gives way to the true scaling regime, where loops of size
approximately equal to one-twentieth the horizon distance become a significant
component. We observe similar behavior in matter and radiation eras, as well as
in flat space. In the matter era, the scaling population of large loops becomes
the dominant component; we expect this to eventually happen in the other eras
as well.
