Published September 2008 | Version v1
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Speed of sound in string gas cosmology

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics, McGill University, 3600 University Street, Montreal QC, H3A 2T8 (Canada)

Description

We consider an ensemble of closed strings in a compact space with stable one cycles and compute the speed of sound resulting from string thermodynamics. Possible applications to the issue of Jeans instability in string gas cosmology are mentioned.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2008/09/082

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/1126-6708/2008/09/082;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics
Journal Volume
9
Journal Issue
2008
Journal Page Range
p. 082
ISSN
1126-6708

INIS

Country of Publication
Italy
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41112096
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
COSMOLOGY; INSTABILITY; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; SOUND WAVES; STRING MODELS; THERMODYNAMICS; VELOCITY
Descriptors DEC
COMPOSITE MODELS; EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUARK MODEL; SPACE