Published December 10, 2004 | Version v1
Journal article

Cosmic Superstrings Revisited

  • 1. Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4030 (United States)

Description

It is possible that superstrings, as well as other one-dimensional branes, could have been produced in the early universe and then expanded to cosmic size today. I discuss the conditions under which this will occur, and the signatures of these strings. Such cosmic superstrings could be the brightest objects visible in gravitational wave astronomy, and might be distinguishable from gauge theory cosmic strings by their network properties

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
743
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 331-340
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
Conference on strings and cosmology; Mitchell symposium on observational cosmology
Dates
14-17 Mar 2004; 12-16 Apr 2004
Place
College Station, TX (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
36073328
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
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Conference
Descriptors DEI
ASTRONOMY; BRIGHTNESS; COSMOLOGY; GAUGE INVARIANCE; GRAVITATIONAL WAVES; MEMBRANES; ONE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SUPERSTRING MODELS; UNIVERSE
Descriptors DEC
COMPOSITE MODELS; EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE MODELS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; QUARK MODEL; STRING MODELS

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(c) 2004 American Institute of Physics