Discontinuities on strings

1999/05/06 by George V. Vlasov, G. V. Vlasov, Vlasov, G. V. · 1 citation
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Algorithms and Data Compression #Computational Physics and Python Applications #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/9905040

9 pages, LaTeX

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Abstract

Instead of the infinitesimal extrinsic and intrinsic perturbations on strings, considered so far, we discuss the evolution and propagation of finite-amplitude perturbations. Those intrinsic perturbations may result in appearance of stable discontinuities similar to the shock waves.

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