Observational constraints on cosmic string production during brane inflation

Physical Review D

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Pogosian, Levon ^a   Tye, S H Henry ^b   Wasserman, Ira ^b,c   Wyman, Mark ^b,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Newman Laboratory for Elementary Particle Physics   (United States)

^c National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COSMOS; DENSITY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 3843142651     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.68.023506     Document Type: Article

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