The revival of cosmic strings

@article{Sakellariadou2006TheRO,
  title={The revival of cosmic strings},
  author={Maria Sakellariadou},
  journal={Annalen der Physik},
  year={2006},
  volume={15}
}
Cosmic strings are one‐dimensional topological defects which could have been formed in the early stages of our Universe. They triggered a lot of interest, mainly for their cosmological implications: they could offer an alternative to inflation for the generation of density perturbations. It was shown however that cosmic strings lead to inconsistencies with the measurements of the cosmic microwave background temperature anisotropies. The picture has changed recently. It was shown that, on the… 
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