Formation & evolution of cosmic superstrings: a short review
High Energy Physics - Theory
2014-11-20 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
I will briefly review the formation and evolution of cosmic superstrings, in the context of brane-world cosmological models within M-theory. These objects can play the role of cosmic strings, offering a variety of astrophysical consequences, which I will briefly discuss.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1001.1752,
title = {Formation & evolution of cosmic superstrings: a short review},
author = {M. Sakellariadou},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1001.1752},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
4 pages; invited talk in the workshop on Cosmology-Strings: Theory-Cosmology-Phenomenology, Corfu (Greece), Sept. 2009