Relic gravitational waves from cosmic strings: Updated constraints and opportunities for detection

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 7146-7152

  Caldwell, R R ^a   Battye, R A ^a   Shellard, E P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000106413     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.54.7146     Document Type: Article

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