Cosmic Strings
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
2015-06-22 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
This article, written for Scolarpedia, provides a brief introduction into the subject of cosmic strings, together with a review of their main properties, cosmological evolution and observational signatures.
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@article{arxiv.1506.04039,
title = {Cosmic Strings},
author = {Tanmay Vachaspati and Levon Pogosian and Daniele Steer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1506.04039},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
References added; 14 pages, 7 figures; invited contribution to Scholarpedia http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Cosmic_strings