Reconnection of non-abelian cosmic strings

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn , Issue 9, 2005, Pages 53-72

  Hashimoto, Koji ^a,b   Tong, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmological phase transitions; String theory and cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 26244461890     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2005/09/004     Document Type: Article

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