A liquid crystal analogue of the cosmic string

Details A liquid crystal analogue of the cosmic string A liquid crystal analogue of the cosmic string

2005-09-22

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0509091v1

Mod.Phys.Lett. A20 (2005) 25612566

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

3 pages, 2 figures. Modern Physics Letters A, accepted for publication

Scientific paper

10.1142/S0217732305018013

We consider the propagation of light in a anisotropic medium with a
topological line defect in the realm of geometrical optics. It is shown that
the effective geometry perceived by light propagating in such medium is that of
a spacial section of the cosmic string spacetime.

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