ar X iv : h ep - p h / 02 02 11 6 v 1 1 3 Fe b 20 02 Quantum tunneling of superconducting string currents

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  • Jose J. Blanco-Pillado
  • Ken D. Olum
  • Alexander Vilenkin
چکیده

We investigate the decay of current on a superconducting cosmic string through quantum tunneling. We construct the instanton describing tunneling in a simple bosonic string model, and estimate the decay rate. The tunneling rate vanishes in the limit of a chiral current. This conclusion, which is supported by a symmetry argument, is expected to apply in general. It has important implications for the stability of chiral vortons. 98.80.Cq 11.27.+d Typeset using REVTEX Email address: [email protected] Email address: [email protected] Email address:[email protected] 1

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تاریخ انتشار 2002