Formation of Topological Defects in a Second Order Phase Transition
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2010-11-01 v1 Astrophysics
Abstract
The classical evolution equations of the Abelian Higgs model are studied at temperatures below the Ginsburg temperature of a phase transition which is assumed to be second order. It is shown that the initial thermal fluctuations provide a domain structure which is stable against late time fluctuations. This result lends support to the Kibble mechanism for the formation of topological defects.
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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9403269,
title = {Formation of Topological Defects in a Second Order Phase Transition},
author = {Robert H. Brandenberger and Anne-Christine Davis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9403269},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
Brown preprint BROWN-HET-934 (March 1994), 12 pages, uses phyzzx