Quasar variability limits on cosmological density of cosmic strings

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Tuntsov, A V ^a   Pshirkov, M S ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 77951615408     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.81.063523     Document Type: Article

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