Force on a charge in the space-time of a cosmic string
- 15 March 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 33 (6) , 1833-1834
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.33.1833
Abstract
We determine the electrostatic self-force acting on a point test charge in the space-time describing a static, cylindrically symmetric cosmic string. We find a repulsive interaction.Keywords
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