Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropies: Inflation versus Topological Defects

Abstract

I present a briefly summary of the current status of inflationary models versus topological defects scenarios, as the mechanisms which could have induced the initial density perturbations, which left an imprint on the cosmic microwave backgound radiation anisotropies.

LaTeX file (9 pages) To be published in the Proceedings of the Spanish Relativity Meeting, Bilbao 1999