Topological defects and open inflation
- Institute of Cosmology, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155 (United States)
Topological defects can naturally be formed soon after bubble nucleation in the open inflation scenario. The defects are not completely diluted away by the subsequent period of inflation in the bubble interior and can produce observable large-scale microwave background anisotropies. Superheavy strings and monopoles attached to the strings can act as gravitational lenses with angular separation between the images of up to an arcminute. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}
- OSTI ID:
- 542331
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review, D, Journal Name: Physical Review, D Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 56; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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