Formation of topological defects in first order phase transitions

Hindmarsh, Mark; Davis, Anne-Christine; Brandenberger, Robert H.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.49.1944

Formation of topological defects in first order phase transitions

Mark Hindmarsh
(
- Cambridge U.
)
,
Anne-Christine Davis
(
- Cambridge U.
)
,
Robert H. Brandenberger
(
- Brown U.
)

Jun, 1993

22 pages

Published in:

Phys.Rev.D 49 (1994) 1944-1950

e-Print:

hep-ph/9307203 [hep-ph]

DOI:

10.1103/PhysRevD.49.1944

Report number:

DAMTP-93-13,
BROWN-HET-902

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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.

critical phenomena
field theory: scalar
gauge field theory
defect: topological
invariance: gauge
spontaneous symmetry breaking
electroweak interaction: string
string: electroweak interaction

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