Formation & evolution of cosmic superstrings: a short review

2010/01/11 by M. Sakellariadou, Mairi Sakellariadou
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #COSMIC cancer database #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Particle physics #Physics #Superstring theory #Supersymmetry #astro-ph.CO #gr-qc #hep-ph #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1002/prop.201000002

published as Fortsch.Phys.58:792-796,2010 · 4 pages; invited talk in the workshop on Cosmology-Strings: Theory-Cosmology-Phenomenology, Corfu (Greece), Sept. 2009

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Abstract

Abstract I will briefly review the formation and evolution of cosmic superstrings, in the context of brane‐world cosmological models within M‐theory. These objects can play the rôle of cosmic strings, offering a variety of astrophysical consequences, which I will briefly discuss.

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