Motion of test particles around cosmic strings

1 September 1992

journal article
Published by IOP Publishing in Classical and Quantum Gravity

Vol. 9 (9) , L111-L114
https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/9/9/005

Abstract

Using the Hamilton-Jacobi formalism the authors analyse the motion of test particles around local and global cosmic strings. In both cases, they determine the trajectories and they show that the particles cannot be trapped by the cosmic strings.

Keywords

RELATIVISTIC PARTICLE
COSMIC STRING
BLACK HOLE
TEST PARTICLE
PARTICLE MOTION

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