Scalar Radiation in Interaction of Cosmic String with Point Charge

Abstract

We consider the scalar bremsstrahlung of the spinless relativistic particle, which interacts with infinitely thin cosmic string by linearized gravity. With the iterational scheme, based on the Perturbaion Theory with respect to the Newtonian constant, we compute the radiation amplitude and the emitted energy due to collision. The general phenomenon of mutual cancellation of the leading terms on the local and non-local amplitude, known in the ultrarelativistic regime for several types of collision, also takes place here. Remarkably, this cancellation (destructive interference) is complete, and takes place for any particle’s velocity. We compute the spectral and angular distributions of the emitted waves. Particular attention is paid to the ultrarelativistic case. Due to the radiation emission, a string may lose its energy and decrease the tension; it may affect all field effects, including the vacuum polarization and the Casimir effect, in terms of physical problems with the real cosmic strings.

Keywords

• cosmic string
• point charge
• gravitational interaction
• bremsstrahlung
• destructive interference
• perturbation theory