Dynamics of a self-gravitating thin cosmic string

1996/07/31 by B. Boisseau, Christos Charmousis, C. Charmousis +1 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #gr-qc

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.55.616

20 pages, latex, 1 figure, final version

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Abstract

We assume that a self-gravitating thin string can be locally described by what we shall call a smoothed cone. If we impose a specific constraint on the model of the string, then its central line obeys the Nambu-Goto equations. If no constraint is added, then the world sheet of the central line is a totally geodesic surface.

Citations

• The static metrics with cylindrical symmetry describing a model of cosmic strings
• Exact gravitational field of a string
• Gravitational field of vacuum domain walls and strings

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