Skewness in CMB temperature fluctuations from curved cosmic (super-)strings

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Yamauchi, Daisuke ^a   Sendouda, Yuuiti ^a   Yoo, Chul Moon ^a,b   Takahashi, Keitaro ^c   Naruko, Atsushi ^a   Sasaki, Misao ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cosmic strings; Domain walls; Monopoles; Non gaussianity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952825599     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2010/05/033     Document Type: Article

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