Watching worlds collide: Effects on the CMB from cosmological bubble collisions

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Chang, Spencer ^a,b   Kleban, Matthew ^a   Levi, Thomas S ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CMBR experiments; Cosmological phase transitions; Cosmology of theories beyond the SM; String theory and cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350695979     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2009/04/025     Document Type: Article

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