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Shock waves in superconducting cosmic strings: growth of current

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-03-19 v4 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

Intrinsic equations of motion of superconducting cosmic string may admit solutions in the shock-wave form that implies discontinuity of the current term \chi. The hypersurface of discontinuity propagates at finite velocity determined by finite increment \Delta \chi =\chi_+ -\chi_-. The current increases \chi_+>\chi_- in stable shocks but transition between spacelike (\chi >0) and timelike (\chi<0) currents is impossible.

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@article{arxiv.1102.5659,
  title  = {Shock waves in superconducting cosmic strings: growth of current},
  author = {Ernst Trojan and George V. Vlasov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1102.5659},
  year   = {2015}
}

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13 pages, 3 figures