The Cosmological Kibble Mechanism in the Laboratory: String Formation in Liquid Crystals
| dc.creator | Bowick, Mark | |
| dc.date | 1992-10-03 | |
| dc.date | 1992-11-02 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T09:01:02Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T09:01:02Z | |
| dc.description | I report on the observation of the production of strings (disclination lines and loops) via the Kibble mechanism of domain (bubble) formation in the isotropic to nematic phase transition of a sample of uniaxial nematic liquid crystal. The probablity of string formation per bubble is measured to be $0.33 \pm 0.01$. This is in good agreement with the theoretical value $1/ π$ expected in two dimensions for the order parameter space $S^2/{\bf Z}_2$ of a simple uniaxial nematic liquid crystal. ( NB: The only change is a correction of the preprint number for proper referencing and the title page.) | |
| dc.description | 11 pages , Harvmac, SUHEP-4241-518, plus two figures not included | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9210018 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9210018 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/148193 | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Theory | |
| dc.title | The Cosmological Kibble Mechanism in the Laboratory: String Formation in Liquid Crystals | |
| dc.type | text |