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We determine in closed form the general static solution with cylindrical symmetry to the Brans-Dicke equations for an energy-momentum tensor corresponding to that of the straight U(1) global string outside the core radius assuming that the Higgs boson field takes its asymptotic value.
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Boisseau, B., Linet, B. Exact Metric for the Exterior of a Global String in the Brans-Dicke Theory. General Relativity and Gravitation 30, 963–973 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026668410756
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