Defect Formation beyond Kibble-Zurek Mechanism and Holography

We study the dynamic after a smooth quench across a continuous transition from the disordered phase to the ordered phase. Based on scaling ideas, linear response, and the spectrum of unstable modes, we develop a theoretical framework, valid for any second-order phase transition, for the early-time e...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chesler, Paul M., Garcia-Garcia, Antonio M., Liu, Hong
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Theoretical Physics
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Physical Society 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/98532
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4911-3183