Cosmic Strings from N=2, D=5 Supergravity

TL;DR

This paper presents exact solutions in five-dimensional N=2 supergravity with cylindrical symmetry, including a specific solution modeling the exterior of a cosmic string, advancing understanding of supergravity configurations.

Contribution

It provides explicit exact solutions in five-dimensional N=2 supergravity, including a novel cosmic string exterior solution, enriching the set of known supergravity configurations.

Findings

Exact solutions with cylindrical symmetry in N=2 supergravity.

Identification of a solution corresponding to a cosmic string exterior.

Enhanced understanding of supergravity solutions with topological defects.

Abstract

Exact solutions of N=2 supergravity in five dimensions are found in the metric with cylindrical symmetry, a particular case corresponds to the exterior of a cosmic string.