Predicting the critical density of topological defects in O (N) scalar field theories

Physical Review D

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2001, Pages

  Antunes, Nuno D ^a   Bettencourt, Luís M A ^b   Yates, Andrew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COSMOS; DENSITY; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 17944395977     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.64.065020     Document Type: Article

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