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hep-ph1997★ 90 cited
Critical Dynamics of Symmetry Breaking: Quenches, Dissipation and Cosmology
Pablo Laguna, Wojciech H. Zurek
Symmetry-breaking phase transitions may leave behind topological defects \cite{Kibble} with a density dependent on the quench rate \cite{Zurek}. We investigate the dynamics of such…
hep-ph1996★ 35 cited
Non-intercommuting Cosmic Strings
Luis M. A. Bettencourt, Pablo Laguna, Richard A. Matzner
We perform the numerical field evolution for the collision of two Abelian type I cosmic strings. We present evidence that, for collisions at small but characteristic relative veloc…