Tidal force from cosmic strings

Journal Article · Fri Sep 15 04:00:00 EDT 1989 · Physical Review (Section) D: Particles and Fields; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.40.1801· OSTI ID:5594759

Garfinkle, D ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611 (US)

We find the tidal force from the class of cosmic-string traveling waves of Vachaspati. The tidal force from a straight string vanishes. In contrast the tidal force from the curved strings treated here actually diverges as the string is approached. This tends to change the implications of a recent paper by Clarke, Ellis, and Vickers on the relation between string curvature and tidal force.

• OSTI ID: 5594759
• Journal Information: Physical Review (Section) D: Particles and Fields; (USA), Journal Name: Physical Review (Section) D: Particles and Fields; (USA) Vol. 40:6; ISSN PRVDA; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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