Universal Reconnection of Non-Abelian Cosmic Strings

doi:10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.98.091602

Title: Universal Reconnection of Non-Abelian Cosmic Strings

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We show that local and semilocal strings in Abelian and non-Abelian gauge theories with critical couplings always reconnect classically in collision, by using moduli space approximation. The moduli matrix formalism explicitly identifies a well-defined set of the vortex moduli parameters. Our analysis of generic geodesic motion in terms of those shows right-angle scattering in head-on collision of two vortices, which is known to give the reconnection of the strings.

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Eto, Minoru; Hashimoto, Koji ^[1]; Marmorini, Giacomo ^[2]; Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri, 7, 56126 Pisa ^[3]; Nitta, Muneto ^[4]; Ohashi, Keisuke ^[5]; Vinci, Walter ^[2]; Department of Physics, University of Pisa, Largo Pontecorvo, 3, Ed. C, 56127 Pisa ^[3]

Institute of Physics, University of Tokyo, Komaba 3-8-1, Tokyo 153-8902 (Japan)
INFN, Sezione di Pisa, Largo Pontecorvo, 3, Ed. C, 56127 Pisa (Italy)
(Italy)
Department of Physics, Keio University, Hiyoshi, Yokohama, Kanagawa 223-8521 (Japan)
Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8551 (Japan)

Publication Date:: Fri Mar 02 00:00:00 EST 2007

OSTI Identifier:: 20957694

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Resource Relation:: Journal Name: Physical Review Letters; Journal Volume: 98; Journal Issue: 9; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.091602; (c) 2007 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; APPROXIMATIONS; COLLISIONS; COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; MATRICES; STRING THEORY

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                    Eto, Minoru, Hashimoto, Koji, Marmorini, Giacomo, Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri, 7, 56126 Pisa, Nitta, Muneto, Ohashi, Keisuke, Vinci, Walter, and Department of Physics, University of Pisa, Largo Pontecorvo, 3, Ed. C, 56127 Pisa. Universal Reconnection of Non-Abelian Cosmic Strings.  United States: N. p., 2007. 
        Web.  doi:10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.98.091602.

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                    Eto, Minoru, Hashimoto, Koji, Marmorini, Giacomo, Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri, 7, 56126 Pisa, Nitta, Muneto, Ohashi, Keisuke, Vinci, Walter, & Department of Physics, University of Pisa, Largo Pontecorvo, 3, Ed. C, 56127 Pisa. Universal Reconnection of Non-Abelian Cosmic Strings.  United States.  doi:10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.98.091602.

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                    Eto, Minoru, Hashimoto, Koji, Marmorini, Giacomo, Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri, 7, 56126 Pisa, Nitta, Muneto, Ohashi, Keisuke, Vinci, Walter, and Department of Physics, University of Pisa, Largo Pontecorvo, 3, Ed. C, 56127 Pisa. Fri .  
        "Universal Reconnection of Non-Abelian Cosmic Strings".  United States.  
        doi:10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.98.091602.

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  title        = {Universal Reconnection of Non-Abelian Cosmic Strings},

  author       = {Eto, Minoru and Hashimoto, Koji and Marmorini, Giacomo and Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri, 7, 56126 Pisa and Nitta, Muneto and Ohashi, Keisuke and Vinci, Walter and Department of Physics, University of Pisa, Largo Pontecorvo, 3, Ed. C, 56127 Pisa},

  abstractNote = {We show that local and semilocal strings in Abelian and non-Abelian gauge theories with critical couplings always reconnect classically in collision, by using moduli space approximation. The moduli matrix formalism explicitly identifies a well-defined set of the vortex moduli parameters. Our analysis of generic geodesic motion in terms of those shows right-angle scattering in head-on collision of two vortices, which is known to give the reconnection of the strings.},

  doi          = {10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.98.091602},

  journal      = {Physical Review Letters},

  number       = 9,

  volume       = 98,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Fri Mar 02 00:00:00 EST 2007},

  month        = {Fri Mar 02 00:00:00 EST 2007}

}

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