Cosmic strings as gravitational lenses

Journal Article · Sun Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 1984 · Astrophys. J., Lett. Ed.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1086/184303· OSTI ID:6305610

Vilenkin, A

Superheavy strings produced at a phase transition in the early universe can be detected through their gravitational lens effect. Long strings can give rise to lines of double galaxies with relatively large angular separations between the images. It is argued that some of the known double quasars may be due to strings.

• Research Organization: Physics Department, Tufts University
• OSTI ID: 6305610
• Journal Information: Astrophys. J., Lett. Ed.; (United States), Vol. 282:2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
GALAXIES
GRAVITATIONAL LENSES
ORIGIN
QUASARS
UNIVERSE
FLUCTUATIONS
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
COSMOLOGY
DENSITY
GALACTIC EVOLUTION
IMAGES
COSMIC RADIO SOURCES
LENSES
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
VARIATIONS
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