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Cosmic String in Scalar-Tensor Gravities

Maria Emília X. Guimarães

gr-qcarXiv:gr-qc/9610007

Abstract

We consider a local cosmic string described by the Abelian-Higgs model in the framework of scalar-tensor gravities. We find the metric of the cosmic string in the weak-field approximation. The propagation of particles and light is analysed in this background. This analysis shows that the (unperturbed) cosmic string in scalar-tensor theories presents some analogous features to the wiggly cosmic string in General Relativity.

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