High-Redshift Gamma-Ray Bursts: Observational Signatures of Superconducting Cosmic Strings?

GRB 080913 AT REDSHIFT 6.7

(2009) J. Greiner et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

THE STAR FORMATION RATE IN THE REIONIZATION ERA AS INDICATED BY GAMMA-RAY BURSTS

(2009) Matthew D. Kistler et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

A γ-ray burst at a redshift of z ≈ 8.2

(2009) N. R. Tanvir et al.   NATURE

GRB 090423 at a redshift of z ≈ 8.1

(2009) R. Salvaterra et al.   NATURE

z∼ 7–10 Galaxies in the HUDF and GOODS Fields: UV Luminosity Functions

(2008) Rychard J. Bouwens et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Reionization and Galaxy Evolution Probed byz= 7 Lyα Emitters

(2008) Kazuaki Ota et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

An Unexpectedly Swift Rise in the Gamma-Ray Burst Rate

(2008) Matthew D. Kistler et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Revealing the High-Redshift Star Formation Rate with Gamma-Ray Bursts

(2008) Hasan Yüksel et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Cosmic Sparks from Superconducting Strings

(2008) Tanmay Vachaspati   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS