Axion cosmology with long-lived domain walls

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Hiramatsu, Takashi ^a   Kawasaki, Masahiro ^b   Saikawa, Ken'Ichi ^b   Sekiguchi, Toyokazu ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

axions; Cosmic strings; dark matter theory; domain walls; monopoles; physics of the early universe

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873672899     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2013/01/001     Document Type: Article

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