Reconnection of colliding cosmic strings

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 6, 2005, Pages 435-460

  Hanany, Amihay ^a   Hashimoto, Koji ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; D branes; Solitons Monopoles and Instantons; Tachyon Condensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 22144485969     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2005/06/021     Document Type: Article

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