Classical Behavior After a Phase Transition: II. The Formation of Classical Defects |
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| Authors: | R J Rivers F C Lombardo F D Mazzitelli |
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| Institution: | (1) Theoretical Physics Group, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London, UK;(2) Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires –, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellón I, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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| Abstract: | Classical defects (monopoles, vortices, etc.) are a characteristic consequence of many phase transitions of quantum fields. Most likely these include transitions in the early universe and such defects would be expected to be present in the universe today. We continue our analysis of the onset of classical behavior after a second-order phase transition in quantum field theory and show how defects appear after such transitions. |
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| Keywords: | decoherence phase transitions topological defects |
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