Signals of Inflationary Models with Cosmic Strings

Abstract

A class of well-motivated models of inflation end by producing cosmic strings. The current status of efforts to calculate and observe the signals from such models are outlined, with a particular emphasis on cosmic strings, and on the Cosmic Microwave Background signal.

Comments: 32pp, 12 figs, proceedings YKIS2010 symposium "Cosmology - The Next Generation" 28/6 - 2/7/2010, to appear in Progress of Theoretical Physics