Seeking string theory in the cosmos

被引:94
作者
Copeland, Edmund J. [1 ]
Pogosian, Levon [2 ]
Vachaspati, Tanmay [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Nottingham, Sch Phys & Astron, Nottingham NG7 2RD, England
[2] Simon Fraser Univ, Dept Phys, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
[3] Arizona State Univ, Dept Phys, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA
关键词
ELECTROMAGNETIC-RADIATION; GRAVITATIONAL-RADIATION; MICROWAVE-ANISOTROPY; DOMAIN-WALLS; MAPS; PERTURBATIONS; SUPERSTRINGS; DIMENSIONS; SIGNATURE; HIERARCHY;
D O I
10.1088/0264-9381/28/20/204009
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
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.
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