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This article provides a concise overview of recent theoretical results concerning the theory of vortons, which are defined to be (centrifugally supported) equilibrium configurations of (current-carrying) cosmic string loops. Following a presentation of the results of work on the dynamical evolution of small circular string loops, whose minimum energy states are the simplest examples of vortons, recent order-of-magnitude estimates of the cosmological density of vortons produced in various kinds of theoretical scenarios are briefly summarized.
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Carter, B. Recent developments in vorton theory. Int J Theor Phys 36, 2451–2458 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02768934
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