Gravitational waves from a string cusp in Einstein-aether theory
The motivation of this thesis is to look for a signature of Lorentz violation, hopefully observable, in the gravitational waves emitted by cosmic strings. Aspects of cosmic strings are reviewed, in particular how focused bursts of gravitational radiation are emitted when a cusp forms on the string....
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University of British Columbia
2008
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/643 |