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Superconducting cosmic strings as gamma ray burst engines
V. Berezinsky, B. Hnatyk, A. Vilenkin
Cusps of superconducting strings can serve as GRB engines. A powerful beamed pulse of electromagnetic radiation from a cusp produces a jet of accelerated particles, whose propagati…
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Cosmic Defects
Alexander Vilenkin
A (very) brief review of topological defects and their possible cosmic roles. I emphasize in particular that superheavy defects needed for structure formation can peacefully coexis…