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Particle creation if a cosmic string snaps

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We calculate the Bogolubov coefficients for aC (0) metric which describes the snapping of a cosmic string. In this background, we show that there are noregular solutions with particle interpretation, but we find ageneralized solution with integrable discontinuity, which exhibits particle creation. We also find a regular solution if we allow wave packets.

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  1. TÜBITAK-Marmara Research Center Research Institute for Basic Sciences Department of Mathematics, P.O.Box 21, 41470, Gebze, Turkey

    A. H. Bilge

  2. TÜBITAK-Marmara Research Center Research Institute for Basic Sciences Department of Physics, P.O.Box-71, 41470, Gebze, Turkey

    M. Hortaçsu

  3. Physics Department, I.T.U., 80626, Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey

    M. Hortaçsu & N. Özdemir

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Bilge, A.H., Hortaçsu, M. & Özdemir, N. Particle creation if a cosmic string snaps. Gen Relat Gravit 28, 511–525 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02105062

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