Vacuum Polarization in the Gravitational Field of a Cosmic String

1987
4 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 35 (1987) 3779-3782

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Abstract: (APS)
The contributions of the scalar massless, neutrino, and electromagnetic fields to the vacuum polarization in the gravitational field of a cosmic string are found.
  • ASTROPHYSICS
  • MODEL: STRING
  • GRAVITATION
  • FIELD THEORY: VACUUM POLARIZATION
  • VACUUM POLARIZATION: FIELD THEORY
  • FERMION: MASSLESS
  • MASSLESS: FERMION
  • TENSOR: ENERGY-MOMENTUM
  • N-POINT FUNCTION
  • RENORMALIZATION: REGULARIZATION