附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter 1 Cosmic strings and broken gauge symmetries -- chapter 2 The elements of string dynamics -- chapter 3 String dynamics in {uFB02}at space -- chapter 4 A bestiary of exact solutions -- chapter 5 String dynamics in non-{uFB02}at backgrounds -- chapter 6 Cosmic strings in the weak-{uFB01}eld approximation -- chapter 7 The gravitational {uFB01}eld of an in{uFB01}nite straight string -- chapter 8 Multiple straight strings and closed timelike curves -- chapter 9 Other exact string metrics -- chapter 10 Strong-{uFB01}eld effects of zero-thickness strings.
