Out of equilibrium dynamics of quench-induced spontaneous symmetry breaking and topological defect formation

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 925-937

  Antunes, Nuno D ^a   Bettencourt, Luís M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b Blackett Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000843954     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.55.925     Document Type: Article

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