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arXiv:hep-ph/9610201·v1·High Energy Physics — Phenomenology

Binary String Dynamics

Indranil Dasgupta (Boston University) · Ryan Rohm (University of North Carolina)

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Abstract

In this paper we investigate the dynamical properties of binary cosmic strings. We find extrinsic curvature dependence of the string action and show that kinks on binary strings are eroded while cusps can play a major role in their evolution.

Comments: 10 pages, plain TeX, uses harvmac and epsf, 1 postscript figure