Formation of extended topological defects during symmetry breaking phase transitions in O(2) and O(3) models

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1-9

  Holzwarth, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

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EID: 17044417562     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.59.105022     Document Type: Article

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