Dynamics and properties of chiral cosmic strings in Minkowski space

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1-8

  Davis, A C ^a   Kibble, T W B ^b   Pickles, M ^a   Steer, D A ^a  

^a CMS   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 16644387052     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.62.083516     Document Type: Article

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