Self-gravitating stringlike configurations from nonlinear electrodynamics

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Abstract: We consider static, cylindrically symmetric configurations in general relativity coupled to nonlinear electrodynamics (NED) with an arbitrary gauge-invariant Lagrangian of the form Lem=Phi(F), F=FmnFmn. We study electric and magnetic fields with three possible orientations: radial (R), longitudinal (L) and azimuthal (A), and try to find solitonic stringlike solutions, having a regular axis and a flat metric at large r, with a possible angular defect. Assuming the function Phi(F) to be regular at small F, it is shown that a regular axis is impossible in R-fields if there is a nonzero effective electric charge and in A-fields if there is a nonzero effective electric current along the axis. Solitonic solutions are only possible for purely magnetic R-fields and purely electric A-fields, in cases when Phi(F) tends to a finite limit at large F. For both R- and A-fields, the desired large r asymptotic is only possible with a non- Maxwell behaviour of Phi(F) at small F. For L-fields, solutions with a regular axis are easily obtained (and can be found by quadratures) whereas a desired large r asymptotic is only possible in an exceptional solution; the latter gives rise to solitonic configurations in case Phi(F)=constcdotsqrtF. We give an explicit example of such a solution.









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