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Quantum tunneling of superconducting string currents

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arxiv hep-ph/0202116 v1 pith:NRJVNVPR submitted 2002-02-13 hep-ph gr-qchep-th

Quantum tunneling of superconducting string currents

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keywords tunnelingstringchiralcurrentdecayquantumratesuperconducting
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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.

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