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Nuclear Physics B

Volume 278, Issue 3, 15 December 1986, Pages 550-576
Nuclear Physics B

Cosmic strings as orbifolds

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Abstract

We construct string theory versions of cosmic strings by considering orbifold compactifications of spacetime down to two dimensions.

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1

Supported by the Department of Energy, contract number DE-AC02-76ER-02220. On leave of absence from Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305. USA.

2

Supported in part by the Department of Energy, grant DE-AC02-76ER-03072, and by the National Science Foundation, grant PHY80-19754.

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