Transonic elastic model for wiggly Goto-Nambu string

Oct, 1994
8 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 74 (1995) 3098-3101
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Abstract:
The hitherto controversial proposition that a ``wiggly" Goto-Nambu cosmic string can be effectively represented by an elastic string model of exactly transonic type (with energy density UU inversely proportional to its tension TT) is shown to have a firm mathematical basis.
  • astrophysics: string
  • field equations: vortex
  • space-time