Speaker
Dr.
Alexander Kirillov
(National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Yaroslavl State P.G. Demidov University)
Description
We study formation and evolution of solitons within a model with two real scalar fields with the potential having a saddle point. The set of these configurations can be split into disjoint equivalence classes. We give a simple expression for the winding number of an arbitrary closed loop in the field space and discuss the evolution scenarios that change the winding number. These non-trivial field configurations lead to formation of the domain walls in the three-dimensional physical space. We also discuss possible observational consequences of the appearance these non-trivial field configurations.
Primary authors
Dr.
Alexander Kirillov
(National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Yaroslavl State P.G. Demidov University)
Prof.
Sergey Rubin
(National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute); N.I. Lobachevsky Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics, Kazan Federal University)
Dr.
Vakhid Gani
(National Research Nuclear University MEPHI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute); Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute)