Cosmic strings in an open universe: Quantitative evolution and observational consequences

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 4568-4577

  Avelino, P P ^a   Caldwell, R R ^b   Martins, C J A P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000357642     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.56.4568     Document Type: Article

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