Vol. 53, No. 6
December 1999
pp. 1069–1076

Topological defects in cosmology

AJIT M SRIVASTAVA

Institute of Physics, Sachivalaya Marg, Bhubaneswar 751 005, India

Abstract.

Present status of theories of topological defects in particle theory models of the early Universe is discussed. Various consequences of topological defects in cosmology, such as constraints on particle theory models, structure formation etc. are discussed.

keywords Topological defects; cosmology; cosmic strings; structure formation.

pacs 98.80.Cq; 98.65.Dx; 61.30.Jf

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