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Near-field expansion of the metric due to a cosmic string

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

Malcolm Anderson
Malcolm Anderson
Affiliation:
School of Engineering and Mathematics, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup Drive, Joondalup, Western Australia 6027, Australia
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By erecting a co-ordinate system tailored to the geometry of a cosmic string and examining the properties of the near gravitational field, it is possible to distinguish two types of gravitational waves supported by a general string metric. The first type, travelling waves, are completely decoupled from the curvature of the world sheet, whereas the second type, which I choose to call curvature waves, are generated in response to any non-trivial geometric structure on the string.

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Research Article
Information
The ANZIAM Journal , Volume 41 , Issue 2 , October 1999 , pp. 180 - 197
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1999

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