Quantum fluctuations of the superconducting cosmic string
Shoucheng Zhang
DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.59.2111 · Physical Review Letters
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Abstract
Quantum fluctuations of the proposed superconducting string with Bose charge carriers are studied in terms of the vortices on the string world sheet. In the thermodynamical limit, we find that they appear in the form of free vortices rather than as bound pairs. This fluctuation mode violates the topological conservation law on which superconductivity is based. However, this limit may not be reached. The critical size of the superconducting string is estimated as a function of the coupling constants involved.
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