Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
1996-11-08
lectures in Formation and Interactions of Topological Defects, NATO ASI B349, ed A.-C. Davis, R. Brandenberger, pp 303-348 (Pl
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
54 pages Latex
Scientific paper
The supporting worldsheet of a string, membrane, or other higher dimensional brane, is analysed in terms of its first, second, and third fundamental tensors, and its inner and outer curvature tensors. The dynamical equations governing the models appropriate for phenomena such as (superconducting) cosmic strings and cosmic domain walls are developed in a general framework (allowing for both electromagnetic and Kalb Ramond background coupling). It is shown how the surface stress momentum energy density tensor determines the propagation characteristics of small ``wiggle" perturbations of the worldsheet. Attention is then focussed on special features of strings (using the transonic model with tension T inversely proportional to the energy density U as a particularly important example). A quadratic Hamilton-Jacobi formulation is shown to govern equilibium states and other conservative string configurations sharing a symmetry of the (gravitational, electromagnetic, and Kalb-Ramond) background, including stable ring states that may be cosmologically important.
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