The formation of classical defects after a slow quantum phase transition

DOI10.1016/S0370-2693(02)02044-0zbMATH Open0996.82024arXivhep-ph/0205337OpenAlexW2052279826MaRDI QIDQ1604152FDOQ1604152

Authors: R. J. Rivers, Fernando C. Lombardo, F. D. Mazzitelli 

Publication date: 3 July 2002

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

Abstract: Classical defects (monopoles, vortices, etc.) are a characteristic consequence of many phase transitions of quantum fields. We show a model in which the onset of classical probability distributions, for the long-wavelength modes at early times, allows the identification of line-zeroes of the field with vortex separation. We obtain a refined version of Kibble's causal results for defect separation, but from a completely different approach. It is apparent that vortices are not created from thermal fluctuations in the Ginzburg regime.

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

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zbMATH Keywords

quantum fieldslong-wavelength modesclassical probability distributions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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