Seeking string theory in the cosmos

Edmund J. Copeland; Levon Pogosian; Tanmay Vachaspati

doi:10.1088/0264-9381/28/20/204009

Seeking string theory in the cosmos

Edmund J. Copeland, Levon Pogosian, Tanmay Vachaspati

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We review the existence, formation and properties of cosmic strings in string theory, the wide variety of observational techniques that are being employed to detect them, and the constraints that current observations impose on string theory models.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	204009
Journal	Classical and Quantum Gravity
Volume	28
Issue number	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/28/20/204009
State	Published - Oct 21 2011

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