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We present a systematic linear analysis of the perturbations induced by cosmic strings in cold dark matter. We calculate the power spectrum and find that the strings produce a great deal of power on small scales. We show that the perturbations on interesting scales are the result of many uncorrelated string motions, which indicates a more ``Gaussian'' distribution than was previously supposed.
Albrecht et al. (Wed,) studied this question.