Ginzburg regime and its effects on topological defect formation
- 11 August 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 62 (6)
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.62.065005
Abstract
The Ginzburg temperature has historically been proposed as the energy scale of formation of topological defects at a second order symmetry breaking phase transition. More recently alternative proposals which compute the time of formation of defects from the critical dynamics of the system have been gaining both theoretical and experimental support. We investigate, using a canonical model for string formation, how these two pictures compare. In particular we shaw that prolonged exposure of a critical field configuration to the Ginzburg regime results in no substantial suppression of the final density of defects formed. These results eliminate the Ginzburg regime as a possible cause of erasure of vortex lines in the recent He-4 pressure quench experiments.All Related Versions
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