Ginzburg regime and its effects on topological defect formation

Physical Review D

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 0650051-0650058

  Bettencourt, Lufs M A ^a   Antunes, Nuno D ^b   Zurek, W H ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0042549780     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.62.065005     Document Type: Article

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