Defect formation and local gauge invariance

Details Defect formation and local gauge invariance Defect formation and local gauge invariance

2000-07-24

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0007361v2

Phys.Rev.Lett. 85 (2000) 4660-4663

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

REVTeX, 4 pages, 2 figures. The explicit form of the Hamiltonian and the equations of motion added. To appear in PRL (http://p

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.4660

We propose a new mechanism for formation of topological defects in a U(1) model with a local gauge symmetry. This mechanism leads to definite predictions, which are qualitatively different from those of the Kibble-Zurek mechanism of global theories. We confirm these predictions in numerical simulations, and they can also be tested in superconductor experiments. We believe that the mechanism generalizes to more complicated theories.

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