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TOPOLOGICAL ZERO-THICKNESS COSMIC STRINGS

2007/06/13 by Yi-Shi Duan, Zhen-Bin Cao
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1142/s0217732307022529

published as Mod.Phys.Lett.A22:2471-2478,2007 · 10 pages, no figures

arxiv created 2007/06/13 · openalex publication_date 2007/10/05 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

In this paper, based on the gauge potential decomposition and the ϕ-mapping theories, we study the topological structures and properties of the cosmic strings that arise in the Abelian–Higgs gauge theory in the zero-thickness limit. After a detailed discussion, we conclude that the topological tensor current introduced in our model is a better and more basic starting point than the generally used Nambu–Goto effective action for studying cosmic strings.

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