Year: 2002
Type: article
Abstract: We extend and generalize the seminal work of Brandenberger, Huang and Zhang on the formation of strings during chiral phase transitions1 and discuss the formation of Abelian and non-Abelian topological strings during such transitions in the early universe and in the high energy heavy-ion collisions. Chiral symmetry as well as deconfinement are restored in the core of these defects. Formation of a dense network of string defects is likely to play an important role in the dynamics following the chiral phase transition. We speculate that such a network can give rise to non-azimuthal distribution of transverse energy in heavy-ion collisions.
Authors: A. P. BALACHANDRAN, S. DIGAL
Institutions: Syracuse University, Bielefeld University
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2159523668