Level crossing analysis of cosmic microwave background radiation: A method for detecting cosmic strings

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Movahed, M Sadegh ^a   Khosravi, Shahram ^b,c  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCES IPM   (Iran)

Author keywords

CMBR detectors; CMBR experiments; Cosmic strings; domain walls; monopoles

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953665589     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/03/012     Document Type: Article

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