Cosmic strings in Bekenstein-type models

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2005

Authors

Menezes, J (Author) Other; Avelino, PP (Author) FCUP; C. dos Santos (Author) FCUP

Journal

Title: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Vol. 2005

Pages: 93-105

ISSN: 1475-7516

Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing

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Authenticus ID: P-000-4WJ

DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2005/02/003

Abstract (EN): We study static cosmic string solutions in the context of Bekensteintype models. We show that there is a class of models of this type for which the classical Nielsen - Olesen vortex is still a valid solution. However, in general, static string solutions in Bekenstein-type models strongly depart from the standard Nielsen - Olesen solution with the electromagnetic energy concentrated along the string core seeding spatial variations of the. ne structure constant, alpha. We consider models with a generic gauge kinetic function and show that the equivalence principle constraints impose tight limits on the allowed variations of a induced by string networks on cosmological scales.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 13