The onset of phase transitions in condensed matter and relativistic QFT
Kibble and Zurek have provided a unifying causal picture for the appearance of topological defects like cosmic strings or vortices at the onset of phase transitions in relativistic QFT and condensed matter systems respectively. There is no direct experimental evidence in QFT, but in condensed matte...
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| Date: | 2000 |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Інститут фізики конденсованих систем НАН України
2000
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| Series: | Condensed Matter Physics |
| Online Access: | http://dspace.nbuv.gov.ua/handle/123456789/121038 |
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| Journal Title: | Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine |
| Cite this: | The onset of phase transitions in condensed matter and relativistic QFT / R.J. Rivers, E. Kavoussanaki, G. Karra // Condensed Matter Physics. — 2000. — Т. 3, № 1(21). — С. 133-168. — Бібліогр.: 37 назв. — англ. |
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Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine| Summary: | Kibble and Zurek have provided a unifying causal picture for the appearance of topological defects like cosmic strings or vortices at the onset of
phase transitions in relativistic QFT and condensed matter systems respectively. There is no direct experimental evidence in QFT, but in condensed matter the predictions are largely, but not wholly, supported in superfluid experiments on liquid helium. We provide an alternative picture for
the initial appearance of strings/vortices that is commensurate with all the
experimental evidence from condensed matter and consider some of its
implications for QFT. |
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