Robust Constraint on Cosmic Textures from the Cosmic Microwave Background
Robust Constraint on Cosmic Textures from the Cosmic Microwave Background
Fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) contain information which has been pivotal in establishing the current cosmological model. These data can also be used to test well-motivated additions to this model, such as cosmic textures. Textures are a type of topological defect that can be produced during a cosmological …