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Defects in Condensed Matter

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Defect Evolution in Cosmology and Condensed Matter

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We discuss friction-dominated vortex-string evolution using the VOS model. We explicitly demonstrate the relation between the high-energy physics approach and the damped and non-relativistic limits which are relevant for condensed matter physics. We also reproduce experimental results in this context and show that the vortex-string density is significantly reduced by loop production, an effect not included in the usual ‘coarse-grained’ approach.

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Martins, C.J.A.P. (2016). Defects in Condensed Matter. In: Defect Evolution in Cosmology and Condensed Matter. SpringerBriefs in Physics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44553-3_6

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