TY - JOUR
T1 - Defect formation from higher-dimensional defect-antidefect annihilations
AU - Nitta, Muneto
PY - 2012/5/23
Y1 - 2012/5/23
N2 - We show that when a topological defect with extended world volume annihilates with an antidefect, there arise topological defects with dimensions less than those of the original defects by one. Domain wall annihilations create vortices while monopole-string annihilations result in instantons. We find that twisted domain wall rings are vortices, whereas twisted monopole rings are instantons.
AB - We show that when a topological defect with extended world volume annihilates with an antidefect, there arise topological defects with dimensions less than those of the original defects by one. Domain wall annihilations create vortices while monopole-string annihilations result in instantons. We find that twisted domain wall rings are vortices, whereas twisted monopole rings are instantons.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.85.101702
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.85.101702
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84861708483
SN - 1550-7998
VL - 85
JO - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
JF - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
IS - 10
M1 - 101702
ER -