Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 4660–4663 (2000)Defect Formation and Local Gauge InvarianceReceived 24 July 2000; published in the issue dated 27 November 2000 We propose a new mechanism for formation of topological defects in a U(1) model with a local gauge symmetry. This mechanism leads to definite predictions, which are qualitatively different from those of the Kibble-Zurek mechanism of global theories. We confirm these predictions in numerical simulations, and they can also be tested in superconductor experiments. We believe that the mechanism generalizes to more complicated theories. © 2000 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.4660
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.4660
PACS:
11.27.+d, 11.15.Ex, 74.60.Ge
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