Numerical simulation of bosonic-superconducting-string interactions

Pablo Laguna; Richard A. Matzner

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.41.1751

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Numerical simulation of bosonic-superconducting-string interactions

Pablo Laguna, Richard A. Matzner

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.41.1751 · Physical Review D

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Abstract

Numerical simulations show that bosonic superconducting U(1) gauge cosmic strings interact by reconnecting and chopping off in a fashion similar to nonconducting strings. Cancellation of the electromagnetic current occurs when, in one of the strings, the direction of the U(1) gauge magnetic field is opposite to the electromagnetic current flow. Electric charge accumulates on the segments of the reconnected strings where the current is discontinuous or vanishes. A virtual photon appears after the collision and intercommutation, and a bubble of electromagnetic radiation emerges as the currents in the reconnected strings equalize. These phenomena suggest new possible mechanisms for void production in the large-scale distribution of galaxies.