Formation of topological defects in first order phase transitions
- 15 February 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 49 (4) , 1944-1950
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.49.1944
Abstract
We analyze the evolution of scalar and gauge fields during first-order phase transitions and show how the Kibble mechanism for the formation of topological defects emerges from the underlying dynamics, paying particular attention to problems posed by gauge invariance when a local symmetry is spontaneously broken. We discuss also the application of the mechanism to semilocal defects and electroweak strings.Keywords
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