Universal Reconnection of Non-Abelian Cosmic Strings
arXiv:hep-th/0609214 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.091602
Abstract
We show that local/semilocal strings in Abelian/non-Abelian gauge theories with critical couplings always reconnect classically in collision, by using moduli space approximation. The moduli matrix formalism explicitly identifies a well-defined set of the vortex moduli parameters. Our analysis of generic geodesic motion in terms of those shows right-angle scattering in head-on collision of two vortices, which is known to give the reconnection of the strings.
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