References & Sources  -  October 3, 1998

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Another slinky candidate for galaxy seeds

Supercomputer simulations bolster a theory that writhing strands of magnetic energy called semilocal strings may have helped shape the early universe.

 

References:

Achúcarro, A., J. Borrill, and A.R. Liddle. In press. The formation of non-topological string networks. Physica B.

 

 

Further Readings:

1996. COBE's swan song: A final sky map. Science News 149(Jan. 27):63.

Peterson, I. 1994. Universe in a drop. Science News 146(Oct. 15):248.

Vergano, D. 1996. The splintered universe. Science News 150(Dec. 7):364.

Sources:

Ana Achúcarro
University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU)
Department of Theoretical Physics
Bilbao
Spain

Julian Borrill
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center
Scientific Computing Group
Berkeley, CA 94720
E-mail: borrill@cfpa.berkeley.edu

Tom Kibble
Imperial College
Blackett Laboratory
London SW7 2BZ
United Kingdom

Andrew R. Liddle
University of Sussex
Astronomy Centre
Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QJ
United Kingdom

Tanmay Vachaspati
Case Western Reserve University
10900 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 14, October 3, 1998, p. 215.
Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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