Scaling dynamics of domain walls in the cubic anistropy model

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作者
Battye, Richard A. [1 ]
Moss, Adam [1 ]
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[1] Univ Manchester, Jodrell Bank Observat, Macclesfield SK11 9DL, Cheshire, England
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PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 2006年 / 74卷 / 02期
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10.1103/PhysRevD.74.023528
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
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We have investigated the dynamics of domain walls in the cubic anisotropy model. In this model a global O(N) symmetry is broken to a set of discrete vacua either on the faces, or vertices of a (hyper)cube. We compute the scaling exponents for 2 <= N <= 7 in two dimensions on grids of 2048(2) points and compare them to the fiducial model of Z(2) symmetry breaking. Since the model allows for wall junctions lattice structures are locally stable and modifications to the standard scaling law are possible. However, we find that since there is no scale which sets the distance between walls, the walls appear to evolve toward a self-similar regime with L similar to t.
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