Stabilization of the electroweak Z string in the early Universe

Physical Review D

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Nagasawa, M ^a,b   Brandenberger, R ^b  

^a KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMOS; ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; PHYSICS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0037441145     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.67.043504     Document Type: Article

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