Energy production in the formation of a finite thickness cosmic string

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2000, Pages

  Froseth A G ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

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EID: 17144413030     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.61.085011     Document Type: Article

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