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Fractional cosmic strings

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2023-12-29 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

Topological defects in the framework of effective quantum gravity model are investigated, based on the hypothesis of an effective fractal dimension of the universe. This is done by using Caputo fractional derivatives to determine the time-space geometry of a fractional cosmic string. Several results for the propagation of light are discussed, notably the light deviation angle due to the defect and the geodesics of light.

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@article{arxiv.2309.13934,
  title  = {Fractional cosmic strings},
  author = {Sebastien Fumeron and Malte Henkel and Alexander Lopez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.13934},
  year   = {2023}
}

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9 pages, 2 figures

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