Phase Equilibration and Magnetic Field Generation in U(1) Bubble Collisions
arXiv:hep-ph/9907437 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.61.105005
Abstract
We present the results of lattice computations of collisions of two expanding bubbles of true vacuum in the Abelian Higgs model with a first-order phase transition. New time-dependent analytical solutions for the Abelian field strength and the phase of the complex field are derived from initial conditions inferred from linear superposition and are shown to be in excellent agreement with the numerical solutions especially for the case where the initial phase difference between the bubbles is small. With a step-function approximation for the initial phase of the complex field, solutions for the Abelian field strength and other gauge-invariant quantities are obtained in closed form. Possible extensions of the solution to the case of the electroweak phase transition and the generation of primordial magnetic fields are briefly discussed.
LaTeX, 41 pages, 6 figures, submitted to Physical Review D
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