Inflation and Cosmic Strings: Two Mechanisms for Producing Structure in the Universe

Dec 16, 1986
101 pages
Published in:
  • Int.J.Mod.Phys.A 2 (1987) 77
Report number:
  • PRINT-86-1461 (CAMBRIDGE)

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Abstract: (WSP)
In this article the basic mechanism of inflation and the main points of the cosmic string theory are reviewed. The ways in which both theories lead to structure are compared.
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  • REVIEW
  • ASTROPHYSICS: CRITICAL PHENOMENA
  • MODEL: INFLATION
  • cosmic string
  • FIELD THEORY: SPACE-TIME
  • FIELD THEORY: SCALAR
  • APPROXIMATION: EFFECTIVE POTENTIAL
  • TENSOR: ENERGY-MOMENTUM
  • PERTURBATION THEORY
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