Exact metric around a wiggly cosmic string

N. Özdemir*

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Abstract

The exact metric around a wiggly cosmic string is found by modifying the energy momentum-tensor of a straight infinitely thin cosmic string to include an electric current along the symmetry axis.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)603-606
Number of pages4
JournalGeneral Relativity and Gravitation
Volume33
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2001

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2001 Plenum Publishing Corporation.

Funding

I thank A. N. Aliev for valuable discussions. This work is partially supported by the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey.

FundersFunder number
Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştirma Kurumu

    Keywords

    • Cosmic string
    • Electric current

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