Self-similar evaporation of a rigidly rotating cosmic string loop

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/22/13/002MaRDI QIDQ5316865zbMATHOpenAlexFDO

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Publication date 15 September 2005

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0505160

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Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Abstract: The gravitational back-reaction on a certain type of rigidly-rotating cosmic string loop, first discovered by Allen, Casper and Ottewill, is studied at the level of the weak-field approximation. The near-field metric perturbations are calculated and used to construct the self-acceleration vector of the loop. Although the acceleration vector is divergent at the two kink points on the loop, its net effect on the trajectory over a single oscillation period turns out to be finite. The net back-reaction on the loop over a single period is calculated using a method due to Quashnock and Spergel, and is shown to induce a uniform shrinkage of the loop while preserving its original shape. The loop therefore evolves by self-similar evaporation.

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