Composite defect extends cosmology - 3He analogy
Condensed Matter
2014-10-13 v4 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
Spin-mass vortices have been observed to form in rotating superfluid 3He-B following the absorption of a thermal neutron and a rapid transition from the normal to superfluid state. The spin-mass vortex is a composite defect which consists of a planar soliton (wall) which terminates on a linear core (string). This observation fits well within the framework of a cosmological scenario for defect formation, known as the Kibble-Zurek mechanism. It suggests that in the early Universe analogous cosmological defects might have formed.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0007369,
title = {Composite defect extends cosmology - 3He analogy},
author = {V. B. Eltsov and T. W. B. Kibble and M. Krusius and V. M. H. Ruutu and G. E. Volovik},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0007369},
year = {2014}
}
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RevTeX file, 5 pages, 2 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett., modified according to referee report