TY - JOUR
T1 - Breaking of a metastable string at finite temperature
AU - Monin, A.
AU - Voloshin, M. B.
PY - 2008/12/2
Y1 - 2008/12/2
N2 - We consider the phase transition of a string with tension ε1 to a string with a smaller tension ε2 at finite temperature. For sufficiently small temperatures the transition proceeds through thermally catalyzed quantum tunneling, and we calculate in arbitrary number of dimensions the thermal catalysis factor. At ε2=0 the found formula for the decay rate also describes a breakup of a metastable string into two pieces.
AB - We consider the phase transition of a string with tension ε1 to a string with a smaller tension ε2 at finite temperature. For sufficiently small temperatures the transition proceeds through thermally catalyzed quantum tunneling, and we calculate in arbitrary number of dimensions the thermal catalysis factor. At ε2=0 the found formula for the decay rate also describes a breakup of a metastable string into two pieces.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.78.125029
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.78.125029
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:58949085851
VL - 78
JO - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
JF - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
SN - 1550-7998
IS - 12
M1 - 125029
ER -