FORMATION OF TOPOLOGICAL DEFECTS IN GAUGE FIELD THEORIES

DOI10.1142/S0217751X02005426zbMath0990.81080arXivhep-ph/0108159WikidataQ59541284 ScholiaQ59541284MaRDI QIDQ4330678

Arttu K. Rajantie

Publication date: 14 May 2002

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0108159

zbMATH Keywords

phase transitionearly universeKibble-Zurek mechanismheavy ion collider experimentssymmetry gets spontaneously broken

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to quantum theory (81-02) Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40) Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26) Astrophysical cosmology (85A40)

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Cites Work

• There are no Goldstone bosons in two dimensions
• PROBING GAUGE STRING FORMATION IN A SUPERCONDUCTING PHASE TRANSITION
• Thermalization of quantum fields from time-reversal invariant evolution equations

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