O(N) symmetry-breaking quantum quench: Topological defects versus quasiparticles

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Uhlmann, Michael ^a   Schützhold, Ralf ^b   Fischer, Uwe R ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

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EID: 77649204295     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.81.025017     Document Type: Article

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