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hep-th2008★ 25 cited
Dirac Born Infeld (DBI) Cosmic Strings
Eugeny Babichev, Philippe Brax, Chiara Caprini +2
Motivated by brane physics, we consider the non-linear Dirac-Born-Infeld (DBI) extension of the Abelian-Higgs model and study the corresponding cosmic string configurations. The mo…
hep-th2008★ 18 cited
Brane Inflation and Defect Formation
A. C. Davis, P. Brax, C. van de Bruck
Brane inflation and the production of topological defects at the end of the inflationary phase are discussed. After a description of the inflationary setup we discuss the propertie…