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Using Annular Josephson Tunnel Junctions to Monitor Causal Horizon
R. Monaco, R. J. Rivers
If systems change as fast as possible as they pass through a phase transition then the initial domain structure is constrained by causality. We shall show how we can trace these ca…
The Efficiency of Defect Production in Planar Superconductors and Liquid Crystals
R. J. Rivers, A. Swarup
A recent experiment that sees the spontaneous creation of magnetic flux on quenching high- films has shown that earlier null results were a consequence of the lack of saturati…
Classical Behaviour After a Phase Transition: II. The Formation of Classical Defects
R. J. Rivers, F. C. Lombardo, F. D. Mazzitelli
Classical defects (monopoles, vortices, etc.) are a characteristic consequence of many phase transitions of quantum fields. Most likely these include transitions in the early unive…
Testing the Zurek-Kibble Causality Bounds with Annular Josephson Tunnel Junctions
Roberto Monaco, Ray Rivers, Eleftheria Kavoussanaki
Zurek has provided simple causal bounds for the onset of phase transitions in condensed matter, that mirror those proposed by Kibble for relativistic quantum field theory. In this…
Non-Equilibrium Duality
R. J. Rivers
The dual 'worldline', or 'string', description of adiabatic Ginzburg-Landau field theory near a phase transition in terms of quasi-Brownian strings and loops is well understood. In…
Exploiting duality in a toy model of QCD at non-zero temperature and chemical potential: the massive Thirring model, sine-Gordon model and Coulomb gases
D. A. Steer, A. Gomez Nicola, R. J. Rivers +1
We focus on the massive Thirring model in 1+1 dimensions at finite temperature and non-zero chemical potential, and comment on some parallels between this model and QCD. In QCD, ca…