ON THE PRODUCTION OF FLUX VORTICES AND MAGNETIC MONOPOLES IN PHASE TRANSITIONS

20 May 1993

journal article
Published by World Scientific Pub Co Pte Ltd in Modern Physics Letters A

Vol. 8 (15) , 1443-1450
https://doi.org/10.1142/s0217732393001161

Abstract

We examine the basic assumptions underlying a scenario due to Kibble that is widely used to estimate the production of topological defects. We argue that one of the crucial assumptions, namely the geodesic rule, although completely valid for global defects, becomes ill-defined for the case of gauged defects. We address the issues involved in formulating a suitable geodesic rule for this case and argue that the dynamics plays an important role in the production of gauge defects.

Keywords

PHASE TRANSITIONS
MAGNETIC MONOPOLES
FLUX VORTICES
GEODESIC RULE
GAUGED DEFECTS
BASIC ASSUMPTIONS

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