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Structure of singularities on the world sheets of relativistic strings

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We show that relativistic strings of open and closed types in Minkowski space-time of dimension 3 and 4 have topologically stable singular points. This paper describes the structure of singularities, derives their normal forms, and introduces a local characteristic of singularity (topological charge), possessing a global law of conservation. Two other types of solutions (breaking and exotic strings) are also considered, which have singularities at arbitrary value of dimension.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0110042,
  title  = {Structure of singularities on the world sheets of relativistic strings},
  author = {Stanislav Klimenko and Igor Nikitin and Lialia Nikitina},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0110042},
  year   = {2007}
}

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10 pages, 21 figures