Cosmic strings as the source of small-scale microwave background anisotropy

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

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

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

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

^d National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center   (United States)

Author keywords

CMBR theory; Cosmic strings; Domain walls; Inflation; Monopoles

Indexed keywords

EID: 65649128938     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2009/02/013     Document Type: Article

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