Cosmic Strings: Lovely Objects!
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Cosmis strings are the most promising among the cosmological defects. They also constitute earliest possible observable strings, therefore prove vital for string theorists. Here I review different kinds of cosmological defects, then focus on the cosmic strings. I give a short theoretical derivation first and then discuss experimental efforts to detect them.
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تاریخ انتشار 2007