Vorton

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A vorton is a hypothetical circular cosmic string loop stabilized by the angular momentum of the charge and current trapped on the string.

{{Cite journal

| author=Davis, R. L.

| author2=Shellard, E. P. S.

| date=1989

| title=Cosmic vortons

| journal=Nuclear Physics B

| volume=323 | issue=1 | pages=209–224

| doi=10.1016/0550-3213(89)90594-4

|bibcode = 1989NuPhB.323..209D }}

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Further reading

  • {{cite arXiv

|author=Majumdar, M.

|date=2005

|title=A Tutorial on Links between Cosmic String Theory and Superstring Theory

|eprint=hep-th/0512062 }}

Category:Physical cosmology

Category:Large-scale structure of the cosmos

Category:String theory

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