THE GEODESIC RULE FOR HIGHER CODIMENSIONAL GLOBAL DEFECTS

DOI10.1142/S0217732308027242zbMATH Open1145.81393arXiv0805.2353OpenAlexW3098952023MaRDI QIDQ3528541FDOQ3528541

Authors: Anthony J. Creaco, Nikos Kalogeropoulos 

Publication date: 17 October 2008

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

Abstract: We generalize the geodesic rule to the case of formation of higher codimensional global defects. Relying on energetic arguments, we argue that, for such defects, the geometric structures of interest are the totally geodesic submanifolds. On the other hand, stochastic arguments lead to a diffusion equation approach, from which the geodesic rule is deduced. It turns out that the most appropriate geometric structure that one should consider is the convex hull of the values of the order parameter on the causal volumes whose collision gives rise to the defect. We explain why these two approaches lead to similar results when calculating the density of global defects by using a theorem of Cheeger and Gromoll. We present a computation of the probability of formation of strings/vortices in the case of a system, such as nematic liquid crystals, whose vacuum is $mathbbR{P}^2$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0805.2353

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zbMATH Keywords

convex setstopological defectstotally geodesic submanifoldsgeodesic rule

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in mechanics of particles and systems (70S15) Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40) Model quantum field theories (81T10) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26) Stochastic methods (Fokker-Planck, Langevin, etc.) applied to problems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C31)

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