“…Therefore, in order to close the model we require a equation of evolution for the dislocation densities. Processes resulting in changes in dislocation density include production by fixed sources, such as Frank-Read sources, breeding by double cross slip and pair annihilation (see [37] for a review; see also [38,39,40,41,42,43]). Although the operation of fixed FrankRead sources is quickly eclipsed by production due to cross slip at finite temperatures, it is an important mechanisms at low temperatures.…”