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Quantum Formation of Topological Defects

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Authors: Mainak Mukhopadhyay, Tanmay Vachaspati, George Zahariade

Year

2020

Paper ID

20460

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Preprint

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We consider quantum phase transitions with global symmetry breakings that result in the formation of topological defects. We evaluate the number densities of kinks, vortices, and monopoles that are produced in d=1,2,3 spatial dimensions respectively and find that they scale as t-d/2 and evolve towards attractor solutions that are independent of the quench timescale. For d=1 our results apply in the region of parameters λτ/m ll 1 where λ is the quartic self-interaction of the order parameter, τ is the quench timescale, and m the mass parameter.

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