Cosmic string loop distribution on all length scales and at any redshift

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Lorenz, Larissa ^a   Ringeval, Christophe ^a   Sakellariadou, Mairi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmic strings; Domain walls; Monopoles; Physics of the early universe; String theory and cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449279231     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2010/10/003     Document Type: Article

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