String-Dominated Universe

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3 September 1984

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters

Vol. 53 (10) , 1016-1018
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.53.1016

Abstract

The evolution of a universe with

Ω = 1

which becomes dominated by relatively light, nonintercommuting strings at red shift

z_{s}

is similar to that of a matter-dominated universe with

Ω \sim {(2 + z_{s})}^{- 1} < 1

. The existence of such strings can resolve the conflict between the

Ω = 1

prediction of inflationary cosmology and observations.

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