Formation of Magnetic Monopoles in Hot Gauge Theories
arXiv:hep-ph/0301100 · doi:10.1142/9789812704498_0068
Abstract
In this talk, I discuss the formation of magnetic monopoles in a phase transition from the confining SU(2) phase to the Coulomb phase in a hot Georgi-Glashow model. I argue that monopoles are formed from long-wavelength thermal fluctuations, which freeze out after the phase transition.
5 pages, talk given at Strong and Electroweak Matter 2002, Heidelberg, October 2-5, 2002