THE GEODESIC RULE AND THE SPECTRUM OF THE VACUUM

DOI10.1142/S0217732306021116MaRDI QIDQ5485781zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Nikos Kalogeropoulos

Publication date 4 September 2006

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0606279

zbMATH Keywords

cosmic stringsdefect densitygeodesic ruleKibble-Zurek mechanismspectrum of the Laplaciantopological strings

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Spectral problems; spectral geometry; scattering theory on manifolds (58J50) Selfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory, including spectral analysis (81Q10) Axiomatic quantum field theory; operator algebras (81T05) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

Abstract: We analyze the consequences of a recent argument justifying the validity of the "geodesic rule" which can be used to determine the density of global topological defects. We derive a formula that provides a rough estimate of the number of string-like defects formed in a phase transition. We apply this formula to vacua which are spheres. We provide some reasons for the deviation of our predictions from the corresponding accepted values.

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