Probing cosmic strings with satellite CMB measurements

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Jeong, E ^a   Baccigalupi, Carlo ^a,b,c   Smoot, G F ^d,e,f,g  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Cosmic strings; Cosmological parameters from CMBR; Cosmological phase transitions; Domain walls; Monopoles

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449284515     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2010/09/018     Document Type: Article

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