Collisions of cosmic strings with chiral currents

Rybak, I.?Yu.; Avgoustidis, A.; Martins, C.?J.?A.?P.

Abstract

We present an analytic study of cosmic superconducting chiral string collisions in Minkowski space, applying the kinematic constraints that arise from the relevant generalization of the Nambu-Goto action. In particular, we revisit the solution for chiral superconducting cosmic strings and demonstrate that Y junction production for such strings is possible. We consider the collision of chiral current-carrying straight strings and obtain the region in “angle-velocity” space that allows the production of string junctions. This study contributes to the understanding of the complex evolution of chiral superconducting string networks.

Citation

Rybak, I., Avgoustidis, A., & Martins, C. (2018). Collisions of cosmic strings with chiral currents. Physical Review D, 98(6), Article 15. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.98.063519

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Aug 31, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Sep 17, 2018
• Publication Date: Sep 17, 2018
• Deposit Date: Oct 30, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 30, 2018
• Journal: Physical Review D
• Print ISSN: 2470-0010
• Electronic ISSN: 2470-0029
• Publisher: American Physical Society
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 98
• Issue: 6
• Article Number: 15
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.98.063519
• Keywords: Physics and astronomy
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1209784
• Publisher URL: https://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.98.063519
• Additional Information: ©2018 American Physical Society