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Collisions of cosmic strings with chiral currents

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2018-09-19 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We present an analytic study of cosmic superconducting chiral string collisions in Minkowski space, applying the kinematic constraints that arise from the relevant generalization of the Nambu-Goto action. In particular, we revisit the solution for chiral superconducting cosmic strings and demonstrate that Y junction production for such strings is possible. We consider the collision of chiral current-carrying straight strings and obtain the region in angle-velocity space that allows the production of string junctions. This study contributes to the understanding of the complex evolution of chiral superconducting string networks.

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@article{arxiv.1809.04033,
  title  = {Collisions of cosmic strings with chiral currents},
  author = {I. Yu. Rybak and A. Avgoustidis and C. J. A. P. Martins},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.04033},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

9 pages, 6 figures, Phys. Rev. D (accepted)

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