Limits on black hole formation from cosmic string loops

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 2158-2165

  Brandenberger, Robert H ^b   Wichoski, U F ^b  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000074434     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.57.2158     Document Type: Article

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