DYNAMICS OF A SELF-GRAVITATING THIN COSMIC-STRING

Authors
BOISSEAU B CHARMOUSIS C LINET B
Citation
B. Boisseau et al., DYNAMICS OF A SELF-GRAVITATING THIN COSMIC-STRING, Physical review. D. Particles and fields, 55(2), 1997, pp. 616-622
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Particles & Fields
Journal title
Physical review. D. Particles and fields → ACNP
ISSN journal
05562821
Volume
55
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
616 - 622
Database
ISI
SICI code
0556-2821(1997)55:2<616:DOASTC>2.0.ZU;2-0
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 constr aint 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 th e central line is a totally geodesic surface.