TY - JOUR
T1 - Cosmic superstrings
AU - Witten, Edward
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported in part by NSF Grant PHY-80-19754.
PY - 1985/4/4
Y1 - 1985/4/4
N2 - The possible astrophysical role of superstrings is discussed. Type II superstrings (if somehow phenomenologically viable) might be seen as gravitational lenses. The superstrings of the new O(32) and E8×E8 string theories are boundaries of axion domain walls. These theories are also likely to generate more "conventional" string-like objects-stable vortex lines and flux tubes.
AB - The possible astrophysical role of superstrings is discussed. Type II superstrings (if somehow phenomenologically viable) might be seen as gravitational lenses. The superstrings of the new O(32) and E8×E8 string theories are boundaries of axion domain walls. These theories are also likely to generate more "conventional" string-like objects-stable vortex lines and flux tubes.
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U2 - 10.1016/0370-2693(85)90540-4
DO - 10.1016/0370-2693(85)90540-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:4243223649
VL - 153
SP - 243
EP - 246
JO - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
JF - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
SN - 0370-2693
IS - 4-5
ER -