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Massive scalar field near a cosmic string

Devis Iellici

gr-qcarXiv:gr-qc/9704077

Abstract

The ζ function of a massive scalar field near a cosmic string is computed and then employed to find the vacuum fluctuation of the field. The vacuum expectation value of the energy-momentum tensor is also computed using a point-splitting approach. The obtained results could be useful also for the case of self-interacting scalar fields and for the finite-temperature Rindler space theory.

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