Cosmic string parameter constraints and model analysis using small scale Cosmic Microwave Background data

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Urrestilla, Jon ^a,b   Bevis, Neil ^c   Hindmarsh, Mark ^b   Kunz, Martin ^b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^e AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cosmic strings; Cosmological parameters from CMBR; cosmological phase transitions; domain walls; monopoles; physics of the early universe

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855405916     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/12/021     Document Type: Article

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