Static models of cosmic strings in general relativity
Authors:
G P Singh
Affiliation:
(1) Cosmology Group, Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology, 600 036 Madras, India;(2) Present address: Department of Mathematics, Visvesvaraya Regional College of Engineering, 440 011 Nagpur, India
Abstract:
Exact solutions to Einstein’s equations for a cloud of massive strings with a general static metric representing spherical plane and hyperbolic symmetries are derived. Some properties of massive strings for different cases are also discussed.