Exact Metric for the Exterior of a Global String in the Brans-Dicke Theory

We determine in closed form the general static solution with cylindrical symmetry to the Brans-Dicke equations for an energy-momentum tensor corresponding to that of the straight U(1) global string outside the core radius assuming that the Higgs boson field takes its asymptotic value.     

On the Dynamics of Two Oscillating Cosmic Strings

We present the spacetime interval of thenonradiated cosmic string oscillating as standing waves.The influence of string oscillations on the dynamics ofa probe cosmic thread that performs free oscillations and moves in its vicinity, isdiscussed.     

Time Gauge Fixing and Hilbert Space in Quantum String Cosmology

Recently the low-energy effective string theory has been used by Gasperini and Veneziano to elaborate a very interesting scenario for the early history of the universe (birth of the universe as quantum scattering). Here we investigate the gauge fixing and the problem of the definition of a global time parameter for the quantum form of the model, and obtain the positive norm Hilbert space of states.     

Four-Dimensional Dilatonic Black Holes in Gauss-Bonnet Extended String Gravity

An internal singularity of a string four-dimensional black hole with second order curvature corrections is investigated. A restriction to a minimal size of a neutral black hole is obtained in the frame of the model considered. Vacuum polarization of the surrounding space-time caused by this minimal-size black hole is also discussed.     

String Cosmological Models with Magnetic Field

A new class of string cosmological models withand without magnetic field in the context of aspace-time with G₃ symmetry has beenpresented. In order to study the effects of magneticfield, the standard energy-momentum tensor is modified byincorporating additional term due to magnetic field. Thephysical and kinematical behaviours of the stringcosmological models have been discussed.     

REVIEW: Spin Gravity

A theory of gravitation with torsion that isderived from an antisymmetric second rank tensor isreviewed. A non-symmetric energy momentum tensor isdeveloped and the explicit material action is presented. This is done from a phenomenological point ofview and using the Dirac Lagrangian. The equations ofmotion are derived and it is shown that the source oftorsion is the intrinsic spin of elementary particles. The torsion sector is reduced to a low energy3-vector formulation and the interaction energies arederived. The theory is reformulated in terms of theDirac field, and it is shown that precisely the same interaction energy is predicted. The theory iscompared to the low energy string theory effective fieldlimit and the scalar field is introduced. It is shownhow this field is a mandatory requirement of the theory, and a particular limit is derivedin which the scalar field acts as a strong non-minimalcoupling of the torsion field. Physical predictions arecompared to experiment, including effects in hydrogen and paramagnetic salts. Other physicalmanifestations that are discussed include spin flippingof neutrinos, torsion waves and their power, how thenon-linear Dirac and Schrodinger equations arise from torsion, and the physical origin andcorrect prediction of the magnetic dipole moment ofelementary particles.     

Comparison of String Fluid Dynamical Models in General Relativity and Einstein–Cartan theory

Dynamical models of string fluids areconstructed from the general energy-momentum tensor forstring fluids in general relativity and theEinstein-Cartan theories obtained from the Ray-Hilbertvariational principle. Examples of solutions to the fieldequations for general relativistic spacetimes are givenand compared with solutions obtained from the postulatedenergy-momentum tensor of Letelier. Solutions to the field equations in Riemann-Cartanspacetimes are compared with an extended Leteliersolution. All calculations are given for both thestandard and the extended thermodynamics versions inwhich the latter includes the string as thermodynamicvariables. In general relativity, it is shown for blackhole solutions that the general feature of strings(through the string vector) is to produce a shrinkage of the black hole horizon. In RiemannCartanspacetimes, the torsion field equation shows that stringvector can be identified with the torsion vector. Themost striking feature of strings in Riemann-Cartan spacetimes is that in the Reissner-Nordstromsolution, the addition of torsional strings produces thecorrect asympototic behavior of the metric necessary tomatch the experimental galactic rotationcurves.