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Closed timelike geodesics in a gas of cosmic strings

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2008-11-26 v2

Abstract

We find a class of solutions of Einstein's field equations representing spacetime outside a spinning cosmic string surrounded by a gas of non-spinning cosmic strings, and show that there exist closed timelike geodesics in this spacetime.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0703139,
  title  = {Closed timelike geodesics in a gas of cosmic strings},
  author = {Oyvind Gron and Steinar Johannesen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0703139},
  year   = {2008}
}

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13 pages, 1 figure