Vortex Production at Phase Transitions in Nonrelativistic and Relativistic Media

1995/07/28 by R. J. Rivers, Rivers, R. J.
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #hep-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-ph/9507446

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Abstract

We examine string (vortex) formation at a quench for a weakly-coupled global U(1) theory when the excitation spectrum is non-relativistic. It is so similar to vortex production in the corresponding relativistic plasma as to reinforce arguments for the similarity of vorheptex production in the early universe and in low-temperature many-body physics.

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