EXACT METRIC FOR THE EXTERIOR OF A GLOBAL STRING IN THE BRANS-DICKE THEORY

Authors
BOISSEAU B LINET B
Citation
B. Boisseau et B. Linet, EXACT METRIC FOR THE EXTERIOR OF A GLOBAL STRING IN THE BRANS-DICKE THEORY, General relativity and gravitation, 30(6), 1998, pp. 963-973
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
General relativity and gravitation → ACNP
ISSN journal
00017701
Volume
30
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
963 - 973
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-7701(1998)30:6<963:EMFTEO>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
We determine in closed form the general static solution with cylindric al symmetry to the Brans-Dicke equations for an energy-momentum tensor corresponding to that of the straight U(1) global string outside the core radius assuming that the Higgs boson field takes its asymptotic v alue.