TY - JOUR
T1 - Vacuum defects without a vacuum
AU - Cho, Inyong
AU - Vilenkin, Alexander
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - Topological defects can arise in symmetry breaking models where the scalar field potential (Formula presented) has no minima and is a monotonically decreasing function of |φ|. The properties of such vacuumless defects are quite different from those of the “usual” strings and monopoles. In some models such defects can serve as seeds for structure formation, or produce an appreciable density of mini-black holes.
AB - Topological defects can arise in symmetry breaking models where the scalar field potential (Formula presented) has no minima and is a monotonically decreasing function of |φ|. The properties of such vacuumless defects are quite different from those of the “usual” strings and monopoles. In some models such defects can serve as seeds for structure formation, or produce an appreciable density of mini-black holes.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.59.021701
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.59.021701
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:16444386528
SN - 1550-7998
VL - 59
JO - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
JF - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
IS - 2
ER -