The structure of cosmic strings

DOI10.1063/1.1286771zbMath0978.83060OpenAlexW1976388786MaRDI QIDQ2738191

Robert J. Low

Publication date: 30 August 2001

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1286771

zbMATH Keywords

cosmic stringsLorentz boostsdefects in space-time

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic cosmology (83F05) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Analogues of general relativity in lower dimensions (83C80)

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Cites Work

• Winding solutions for the two-particle system in gravity
• Closed timelike curves produced by pairs of moving cosmic strings: Exact solutions
• Quantization of point particles in (2 + 1)-dimensional gravity and spacetime discreteness
• Generalized functions and distributional curvature of cosmic strings

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