Classical Behaviour After a Phase Transition: II. The Formation of Classical Defects

2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/41296Classical defects (monopoles, vortices, etc.) are a characteristic consequence of many phase transitions of quantum fields. Most likely these include transitions in the early universe and such defects would be expected to be present in the universe today. We continue our analysis of the onset of classical behaviour after a second-order phase transition in quantum field theory and show how defects appear after such transitions10 pages, no figures, to be published in the Proceedings of the Peyresq VI, Cosmological inflation and primordial fluctuations. Energy desert and submillimeter gravity, Peyresq, June 2001High Energy Physics - PhenomenologyCondensed MatterQuantum PhysicsClassical Behaviour After a Phase Transition: II. The Formation of Classical Defectstext