Topological Defects / Microwave Background Radiation

I am particularly interested in the observational consequences of early universe models for the formation of large scale structure. At present I am concentrating my efforts on predictions of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation Anisotropy that can be observed by the MAP and COBRAS/SAMBA satellites that have recently been approved by NASA and ESA.

References

• "COBE's Constraints on the Global Monopole and Texture Theories of Cosmic Structure Formation", D.P. Bennett and Sun Hong Rhie, Ap. J. Lett., 406, L7 (1993).
• "The Implications of the COBE-DMR Results for for Cosmic Strings", D.P. Bennett, F.R. Bouchet, and A. Stebbins, Ap. J. Lett., 399, L11 (1992).

For more information about this research project of the Astrophysics Group, please send us an e-mail to bennet.27@nd.edu or check this website The MAP Project.