Title

The Formation of Vortex Loops (Strings) in Continuous Phase Transitions

Author(s)/Creator(s)

Mark Bowick, Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NYFollow
Angelo Cacciuto, Syracuse UniversityFollow
Alex Travesset, University of Illinois at Urbana

Document Type

Article

Date

11-2-2001

Language

English

Disciplines

Physics

Description/Abstract

The formation of vortex loops (global cosmic strings) in an O(2) linear sigma model in three spatial dimensions is analyzed numerically. For over-damped Langevin dynamics we find that defect production is suppressed by an interaction between correlated domains that reduces the effective spatial variation of the phase of the order field. The degree of suppression is sensitive to the quench rate. A detailed description of the numerical methods used to analyze the model is also reported.

Additional Information

LaTeX, 17 pages, 6 eps figures 2 references and a footnote added More information at http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0107188

Recommended Citation

Bowick, Mark; Cacciuto, Angelo; and Travesset, Alex, "The Formation of Vortex Loops (Strings) in Continuous Phase Transitions" (2001). Physics - All Scholarship. 157.
https://surface.syr.edu/phy/157

Source

Harvested from Arxiv.org

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