Abstract
The hitherto controversial proposition that a “wiggly” Goto-Nambu cosmic string can be effectively represented by an elastic string model of permanently transonic type (with energy density inversely proportional to its tension ) is shown to have a firm mathematical basis.
- Received 18 November 1994
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.3098
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