The Length Distribution of Vortex Strings in<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">U</mml:mi><mml:mo>(</mml:mo><mml:mn>1</mml:mn><mml:mo>)</mml:mo></mml:math>Equilibrium Scalar Field Theory

DOI10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.81.3083MaRDI QIDQ4492529zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Nuno D. Antunes, L. M. A. Bettencourt

Publication date 16 July 2000

Published in Physical Review Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9807248

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Model quantum field theories (81T10)

Abstract: We characterize the statistical length distribution of vortex strings by studying the non-perturbative thermodynamics of scalar U(1) field theory in 3D. All parameters characterizing the length distributions exhibit critical behavior at $T_c$ and we measure their associated critical exponents. Moreover we show that vortex strings are generally self-seeking at finite temperature and that there exists a natural separation between long strings and small loops based on their spatial correlation behavior.

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