Cosmic Defects
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
A (very) brief review of topological defects and their possible cosmic roles. I emphasize in particular that superheavy defects needed for structure formation can peacefully coexist with inflation, despite the claims to the contrary which are often made in the literature.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9610125,
title = {Cosmic Defects},
author = {Alexander Vilenkin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9610125},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
5 pages, no figures; a contribution to the Round Table Discussion at the conference ``Critical Dialogues in Cosmology'', Princeton