Defect formation from defect--anti-defect annihilations
High Energy Physics - Theory
2012-05-29 v2 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
We show that when a topological defect with extended world-volume annihilates with an anti-defect, there arise topological defects with dimensions less than those of the original defects by one. Domain wall annihilations create vortices while monopole-string annihilations result in instantons. We find that twisted domain wall rings are vortices, whereas twisted monopole rings are instantons.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1205.2442,
title = {Defect formation from defect--anti-defect annihilations},
author = {Muneto Nitta},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1205.2442},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
10 pages, 4 figures, typos corrected, published version. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1205.2443