COSMIC STRINGS STABILIZED BY FERMION FLUCTUATIONS

DOI10.1142/S0217751X12600160zbMath1247.81453arXiv1111.4863WikidataQ59276990 ScholiaQ59276990MaRDI QIDQ2919258

Markus Quandt, Herbert Weigel, Noah Graham

Publication date: 2 October 2012

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1111.4863

zbMATH Keywords

spectral methodcosmic stringsvacuum polarization energyfermion fluctuations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Unified quantum theories (81V22) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Strong interaction, including quantum chromodynamics (81V05) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Casimir effect in quantum field theory (81T55)

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