Abstract
This paper makes a survey of the study of gravitational fields of cosmic strings of different types. The Hiscock-Gott metric is given a new interpretation, the occurrence of a singularity in the case of global strings is explored, and the inadmissibility of the angle-deficit idea in some cases is pointed out.
- Received 6 October 1989
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.41.3041
©1990 American Physical Society
