Wave diffraction by a cosmic string

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2016.07.008MaRDI QIDQ2358561zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Isabel Fernández-Núñez, Oleg Bulashenko

Publication date 15 June 2017

Published in Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1605.03176, http://hdl.handle.net/2445/148636

zbMATH Keywords

cosmic stringsdiffractiongravitational lensingtopological defects

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric optics (78A05) Diffraction, scattering (78A45) Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.) (83C55) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75)

Abstract: We show that if a cosmic string exists, it may be identified through characteristic diffraction pattern in the energy spectrum of the observed signal. In particular, if the string is on the line of sight, the wave field is shown to fit the Cornu spiral. We suggest a simple procedure, based on Keller's geometrical theory of diffraction, which allows to explain wave effects in conical spacetime of a cosmic string in terms of interference of four characteristic rays. Our results are supposed to be valid for scalar massless waves, including gravitational waves, electromagnetic waves, or even sound in case of condensed matter systems with analogous topological defects.

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