Thermal stabilization of superconducting sigma strings and their drum vortons

Physical Review D

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2002, Pages

  Carter, Brandon ^a   Brandenberger, Robert H ^b,c   Davis, Anne Christine ^d  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MODEL; PHYSICS; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0037053133     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.65.103520     Document Type: Article

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