Cosmic strings and the correlations of Abell clusters
- 21 October 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 55 (17), 1801-1804
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.55.1801
Abstract
The two-point spatial correlation function for cosmic string loops in an expanding universe is determined and shown to closely match the observed two-point correlation function for clusters of galaxies. Further implications for the string theory of galaxy formation are discussed.Keywords
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