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As first pointed out by Witten [1], cosmic strings can in some circumstances become superconducting. If a superconducting string loop has an angular momentum, it is semi-classically conserved, and it tries to resist the loop’s tension. If the current is too large, charge carriers will leave the string in a burst of electromagnetic radiation, but otherwise it is possible that dynamically stable loops form.
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Martins, C.J.A.P., Shellard, E.P.S. (1999). Vortons: Dark Matter From Cosmic Strings. In: Lago, M.T.V.T., Blanchard, A. (eds) The Non-Sleeping Universe. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4497-1_81
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