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Initial Vortex Densities after a Temperature Quench

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-10-30 v2 Condensed Matter High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We calculate the initial density of relativistic global vortices (strings) produced at a quench and contrast it with the predictions of Kibble and Zurek.

Cite

@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9705243,
  title  = {Initial Vortex Densities after a Temperature Quench},
  author = {G. karra and R. J. Rivers},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9705243},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

Latex file, 8 pages, No figures. The text contains minor changes that elucidate the onset of classical behaviour more thoroughly. Also including the word temperature in the title makes the nature of the transition more explicit