Gravitational scattering on a global monopole reexamined
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2008-02-03 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We critically reexamine the gravitational scattering of scalar particles on a global monopole studied recently. The original investigation of Mazur and Papavassiliou is extended by considering different couplings of the scalar field to the space-time curvature and by varying the dimension of the space-time where the Klein-Gordon (KG) field lives. A universal behavior of the leading term in the scattering amplitude as a function of this dimension is revealed.
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9509060,
title = {Gravitational scattering on a global monopole reexamined},
author = {Waldemar Puszkarz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9509060},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
Latex, 10 pages. An extended critique of literature on the studied topic and new references are added. Submitted to Phys. Rev. D