The Effect of Topological Defects on Phase Transitions in the Early Universe

Copeland, Edmund J.; Haws, D.; Rivers, R.

doi:10.1016/0550-3213(89)90624-X

The Effect of Topological Defects on Phase Transitions in the Early Universe

Mar, 1988

22 pages

Published in:

Nucl.Phys.B 319 (1989) 687-708

Published: 1989

DOI:

10.1016/0550-3213(89)90624-X

Report number:

FERMILAB-PUB-88-030-A

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Abstract: (Elsevier)

In this paper we attempt to develop an analytic description of a phase transition which leads to the formation of topological defects. In detail we consider the effect of “Nielsen-Olesen” stringlike solutions on the phase transition. The statistical properties of a box of strings in flat space in thermal equilibrium are derived. Neglecting interactions our results are in agreement with those of Mitchell and Turok. We discover the temperature at which strings are formed and show how the Ginzburg length arises in our description.

ASTROPHYSICS: CRITICAL PHENOMENA
field theory: scalar
FIELD THEORY: PARTITION FUNCTION
PERTURBATION THEORY: HIGHER-ORDER
EFFECT: TOPOLOGICAL
GAUGE FIELD THEORY: U(1)
MODEL: STRING
FIELD THEORY: FINITE

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