TY - JOUR AU - Ruiz Ruiz, Fernando AU - Ortiz, Miguel E. AU - Gibbons, Gary W. PY - 1989 DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.39.1546 SN - 0556-2821 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/59049 T2 - Physical Review D AB - We consider σ-model strings and U(1) global strings coupled to gravity and look for static solutions with whole cylinder symmetry. We prove that in both cases there are no regular spatially compact solutions. The U(1) global string admits no... LA - eng M2 - 1546 PB - American Physical Soc KW - Astronomy & Astrophysics KW - Physics KW - Particles & Fields TI - Existence of global strings coupled to gravity TY - journal article VL - 39 ER -