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hep-th2001
Vortices in Theories with Flat Directions
A. Achucarro, A. C. Davis, M. Pickles +1
In theories with flat directions containing vortices, such as supersymmetric QED, there is a vacuum selection effect in the allowed asymptotic configurations. We explain the role p…
hep-ph2001
Dynamics and Properties of Chiral Cosmic Strings
M. Pickles, A. C. Davis
Chiral cosmic strings naturally arise in many particle physics models, in particular in supersymmetric theories with a D-term. These strings have a single fermion zero mode in the…