1996/10/16 by Alexander Vilenkin, Vilenkin, Alexander
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #FOS: Physical sciences #History and Developments in Astronomy #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9610125
5 pages, no figures; a contribution to the Round Table Discussion at the conference ``Critical Dialogues in Cosmology'', Princeton
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A (very) brief review of topological defects and their possible cosmic roles. I emphasize in particular that superheavy defects needed for structure formation can peacefully coexist with inflation, despite the claims to the contrary which are often made in the literature.