DYNAMIC SIMULATIONS OF SEMILOCAL STRINGS

被引:43
作者
ACHUCARRO, A
KUIJKEN, K
PERIVOLAROPOULOS, L
VACHASPATI, T
机构
[1] HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CTR ASTROPHYS,DIV OPT & INFRARED ASTRON,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02138
[2] HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CTR ASTROPHYS,DIV THEORET ASTROPHYS,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02138
[3] TUFTS UNIV,DEPT PHYS & ASTRON,TUFTS INST COSMOL,MEDFORD,MA 02155
基金
美国国家科学基金会; 美国国家航空航天局;
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10.1016/0550-3213(92)90621-H
中图分类号
O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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摘要
We explore the stability of semilocal string numerically. Our results confirm the conclusions of Hindmarsh and also show a range of asymptotic field configurations that will relax to the semilocal string configuration rather than to the trivial vacuum. We also study field configurations corresponding to two semilocal strings with different colours and find that the colour rapidly equilibrates and has little effect on the dynamics of the strings. This result and its limitations are discussed and implications for the evolution of the semilocal string network are drawn. In addition, we construct models that contain monopoles labelled by colour indices.
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页码:435 / 456
页数:22
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