Nonintercommuting cosmic strings

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2066-2069

  Bettencourt, Luís M A ^a   Laguna, Pablo ^b,c   Matzner, Richard A ^d,e  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT FÜR THEORETISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 4243668431     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.2066     Document Type: Article

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