CMB distortions from damping of acoustic waves produced by cosmic strings

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Tashiro, Hiroyuki ^a   Sabancilar, Eray ^a   Vachaspati, Tanmay ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CMBR theory; Cosmic strings; domain walls; monopoles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883624938     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2013/08/035     Document Type: Article

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