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TOPOLOGICAL ZERO-THICKNESS COSMIC STRINGS

Institute of Theoretical Physics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China

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Institute of Theoretical Physics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217732307022529Cited by:2 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

In this paper, based on the gauge potential decomposition and the ϕ-mapping theories, we study the topological structures and properties of the cosmic strings that arise in the Abelian–Higgs gauge theory in the zero-thickness limit. After a detailed discussion, we conclude that the topological tensor current introduced in our model is a better and more basic starting point than the generally used Nambu–Goto effective action for studying cosmic strings.

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PACS: 98.80.-k

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Received 25 October 2006

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