A snapping cosmic string in a de Sitter or anti-de Sitter universe
We present and describe an exact solution of Einstein’s equations which represents a snapping cosmic string in a vacuum background with a cosmological constant Λ. The snapping of the string generates an impulsive spherical gravitational wave which is a particular member of a known family of such wav...
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| Format: | Default Preprint |
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2004
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/2134/237 |
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