The formation of classical defects after a slow quantum phase transition

DOI10.1016/S0370-2693(02)02044-0zbMath0996.82024arXivhep-ph/0205337OpenAlexW2052279826MaRDI QIDQ1604152

Ray J. Rivers, Francisco D. Mazzitelli, Fernando C. Lombardo

Publication date: 3 July 2002

Published in: Physics Letters. B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0205337

zbMATH Keywords

long-wavelength modesquantum fieldsclassical probability distributions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26) Quantum equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B10)

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• Topology of cosmic domains and strings
• FORMATION OF TOPOLOGICAL DEFECTS IN GAUGE FIELD THEORIES
• Classical behaviour after a phase transition

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