On the formation of non-topological string networks

Physica B: Condensed Matter

Volumn 255, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 116-125

  Achúcarro, Ana ^a   Borrill, Julian ^b,c   Liddle, Andrew R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Defect formation; Gauge fields; Semilocal string; String simulation

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

DEFECT FORMATION; GAUGE FIELDS; NONTOPOLOGICAL STRING NETWORKS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0346312944     PISSN: 09214526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4526(98)00458-X     Document Type: Article

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