Cosmic strings and superstrings

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 466, Issue 2115, 2010, Pages 623-657

  Copeland, Edmund J ^a   Kibble, T W B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brane worlds; Branes; Cosmic strings; Early universe; Superstrings

Indexed keywords

STRING THEORY;

COSMIC STRINGS; COSMOLOGICAL EFFECTS; EARLY UNIVERSE; M-THEORY; SYMMETRY-BREAKING; THEORY MODEL;

COSMOLOGY;

EID: 77749242624     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2009.0591     Document Type: Review

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