Winding Number Correlation Functions and Cosmic String Formation
高能物理 - 唯象学
2009-10-28 v1
摘要
We develop winding number correlation functions that allow us to assess the role of field fluctuations on vortex formation in an Abelian gauge theory. We compute the behavior of these correlation functions in simple circumstances and show how fluctuations are important in the vicinity of the phase transition. We further show that, in our approximation, the emerging population of long/infinite string is produced by the classical dynamics of the fields alone, being essentially unaffected by field fluctuations.
引用
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9506215,
title = {Winding Number Correlation Functions and Cosmic String Formation},
author = {L. M. A. Bettencourt and T. S. Evans and R. J. Rivers},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9506215},
year = {2009}
}
备注
Latex file, 27 pages. 8 figures, available in compressed form by anonymous ftp from ftp://euclid.tp.ph.ic.ac.uk/papers/94-5_39.fig Latex and postscript versions also available at http://euclid.tp.ph.ic.ac.uk/Papers/index.html