Evolution of a non-Abelian cosmic string network

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 3317-3339

  McGraw, Patrick ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0542446594     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.57.3317     Document Type: Article

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