Exact metric around a wiggly cosmic string

Authors
Ozdemir, N
Citation
N. Ozdemir, Exact metric around a wiggly cosmic string, GEN RELAT G, 33(3), 2001, pp. 603-606
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
GENERAL RELATIVITY AND GRAVITATION
ISSN journal
00017701 → ACNP
Volume
33
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
603 - 606
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-7701(200103)33:3<603:EMAAWC>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
The exact metric around a wiggly cosmic string is found by modifying the en ergy momentum-tenser of a straight infinitely thin cosmic string to include an electric current along the symmetry axis.