Magnetic fields in the aftermath of phase transitions

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1877, 2008, Pages 2915-2923

  Vachaspati, Tanmay ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

COSLAB; Magnetic fields; Phase transitions

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; LEAD; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

BARYOGENESIS; DURING PHASE; LEFT HANDED (LH); MAGNETIC (CE); PARTICLE PHYSICS; TOPOLOGICAL DEFECTS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 47249101571     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2008.0074     Document Type: Article

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