Published May 10, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Towards a metamaterial simulation of a spinning cosmic string

  • 1. NanoMM-Nanoengineered Metamaterials Group, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802-6812 (United States)
  • 2. School of Mathematics and Maxwell Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ (United Kingdom)

Description

The spacetime metric of a spinning cosmic string may be formally represented in flat spacetime by a nonhomogeneous bianisotropic medium. The constitutive parameters of this bianisotropic medium can be established using a noncovariant formalism, thereby paving the way for laboratory simulations of a spinning cosmic string using metamaterial technology.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2010.03.061

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physleta.2010.03.061;
arXiv
arXiv:0911.4163v1;
PII
S0375-9601(10)00402-0;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. A
Journal Volume
374
Journal Issue
23
Journal Page Range
p. 2305-2308
ISSN
0375-9601
CODEN
PYLAAG

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41108117
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
METRICS; SIMULATION; SPACE-TIME; STRING THEORY
Descriptors DEC
M-THEORY

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Copyright
Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.