Stable Knotted Strings

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1997-04-10

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9704084v3

Phys.Lett. B404 (1997) 57-65

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

15 pages, 4 figures, Plain Tex. Final version for Phys. Lett. B

Scientific paper

10.1016/S0370-2693(97)00556-X

We solve the Cauchy problem for the relativistic closed string in Minkowski space $M^{3+1}$, including the cases where the initial data has a knot like topology. We give the general conditions for the world sheet of a closed knotted string to be a time periodic surface. In the particular case of zero initial string velocity the period of the world sheet is proportional to half the length ($\ell$) of the initial string and a knotted string always collapses to a link for $t=\ell/4$. Relativistic closed strings are dynamically evolving or pulsating structures in spacetime, and knotted or unknotted like structures remain stable over time. The generation of arbitrary $n$-fold knots, starting with an initial simple link configuration with non zero velocity is possible.

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