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Vacuum Polarization Energy of a Nonzero Radius Cosmic String Induced Spacetime

  • Noah Graham
  • Herbert Weigel
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Abstract

We calculate the vacuum polarization energy (VPE) of a scalar field in the background of a nonsingular cosmic string in 2+1 spacetime dimensions. Our calculation expresses the VPE as a renormalized sum and integral over scattering data, which can be expressed in terms of Legendre and Bessel functions for the "ballpoint pen" model, analogous to a square well in curvature, and which can be obtained numerically for a generic string profile. We show how relationships between the local density of states, expressed in terms of the Green's function, and the global density of states, expressed in terms of the Jost function, extend to this curved spacetime background and allow for precise implementation of perturbative renormalization conditions.

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@misc{graham2026vacuum,
  title = {{Vacuum Polarization Energy of a Nonzero Radius Cosmic String Induced Spacetime}},
  author = {Noah Graham and Herbert Weigel},
  howpublished = {arXiv},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2608.03864},
  eprint = {2608.03864},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.03864},
}
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TY  - UNPB
TI  - Vacuum Polarization Energy of a Nonzero Radius Cosmic String Induced Spacetime
AU  - Noah Graham
AU  - Herbert Weigel
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/06
PB  - arXiv
DO  - 10.48550/arxiv.2608.03864
UR  - https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.03864
AB  - We calculate the vacuum polarization energy (VPE) of a scalar field in the background of a nonsingular cosmic string in 2+1 spacetime dimensions. Our calculation expresses the VPE as a renormalized sum and integral over scattering data, which can be expressed in terms of Legendre and Bessel functions for the "ballpoint pen" model, analogous to a square well in curvature, and which can be obtained numerically for a generic string profile. We show how relationships between the local density of states, expressed in terms of the Green's function, and the global density of states, expressed in terms of the Jost function, extend to this curved spacetime background and allow for precise implementation of perturbative renormalization conditions.
ER  -