MICROWAVE ANISOTROPIES FROM COSMIC DEFECTS

被引：79
作者：
COULSON, D [1 ]
FERREIRA, P [1 ]
GRAHAM, P [1 ]
TUROK, N [1 ]
机构：
[1] IMPERIAL COLL SCI TECHNOL & MED,BLACKETT LAB,LONDON SW7 2BZ,ENGLAND
来源：
NATURE | 1994年 / 368卷 / 6466期
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D O I：
10.1038/368027a0
中图分类号：
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号：
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要：
High-resolution maps of the temperature fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background radiation will provide valuable insight into the mechanism of structure formation in the early Universe. Theories involving Inflation generally predict a pattern of gaussian (random) noise, whereas theories based on symmetry breaking and the generation of defects-such as strings; textures and monopoles-have more distinctive signatures. Degree-scale measurements of the microwave background currently in progress should provide a powerful test of these competing theories.
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