General relativistic model of a spinning cosmic string

1992
6 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 45 (1992) 3528-3533

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Abstract: (APS)
We investigate the infinite, straight, rotating cosmic string within the framework of Einstein's general theory of relativity. A class of exact interior solutions is derived for which the source satisfies the weak and the dominant energy conditions. The interior metric is matched smoothly to the exterior vacuum. A subclass of these solutions has closed timelike curves both in the interior and the exterior geometries.
  • general relativity
  • astrophysics: string
  • spin
  • Einstein equation: solution
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