Notes on spinning strings
- 1 January 1992
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Classical and Quantum Gravity
- Vol. 9 (1) , L7-L12
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/9/1/002
Abstract
The metric exterior to a spinning string in four spacetime dimensions is derived. It is interpreted as the exterior to a spinning cosmic string. A mass-spin relation is shown to exist. The possibility that such strings might serve as time machines is investigated.Keywords
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