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Local cosmic string in generalised scalar tensor theory

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-10-30 v2

Abstract

A recent investigation shows that a local gauge string with a phenomenological energy momentum tensor, as prescribed by Vilenkin, is inconsistent in Brans-Dicke theory. In this work it has been shown that such a string is consistent in a more general scalar tensor theory where ω\omega is function of the scalar field.A set of solutions of full nonlinear Einstein's equations for interior region of such a string are presented.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9711036,
  title  = {Local cosmic string in generalised scalar tensor theory},
  author = {A. A. Sen and N. Banerjee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9711036},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

7 pages, latex format, minor changes according to referee's suggestions, revised version submitted in Phys.Rev. D