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 transition; early universe; Kibble-Zurek mechanism; heavy ion collider experiments; symmetry gets spontaneously broken

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

81T13: Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory

81-02: Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to quantum theory

81R40: Symmetry breaking in quantum theory

82B26: Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics

85A40: Astrophysical cosmology

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