arXiv:1506.04039·v2·Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Cosmic Strings
Tanmay Vachaspati🇺🇸 · Levon Pogosian🇨🇦 · Daniele Steer🇫🇷
Abstract
This article, written for Scolarpedia, provides a brief introduction into the subject of cosmic strings, together with a review of their main properties, cosmological evolution and observational signatures.
Comments: References added; 14 pages, 7 figures; invited contribution to Scholarpedia http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Cosmic_strings