Published October 17, 1988
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Journal article
New mechansim for superconductivity in cosmic strings
Creators
- 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155
Description
We point out the existence of reasonable models in which cosmic strings contain charged-vector-boson fields, and show that these give rise to vector-meson superconductivity analogous to Witten's scalar-boson superconductivity. In addition, in such models the electromagnetic field is distorted within the string in such a way that it couples to the otherwise neutral Higgs field, giving a new mechanism for scalar superconductivity
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review Letters
- Journal Volume
- 61
- Journal Issue
- 16
- Series
- Phys. Rev. Lett.
- Journal Page Range
- 1807-1810
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- CODEN
- PRLTA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 20004304
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BOSONS; CHARGED PARTICLES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GRAND UNIFIED THEORY; POSTULATED PARTICLES; STRING MODELS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; VECTOR FIELDS; VECTOR MESONS
- Descriptors DEC
- ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; FIELD THEORIES; HADRONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MESONS; PARTICLE MODELS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS