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Classical transitions for flux vacua

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We present the simplest model for classical transitions in flux vacua. A complex field with a spontaneously broken U(1) symmetry is embedded in M 2 × S 1. We numerically construct different winding number vacua, the vortices interpolating between them, and simulate the collisions of these vortices. We show that classical transitions are generic at large boosts, independent of whether or not vortices miss each other in the compact S 1.

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  1. Department of Physics, Kenyon College, 210 North College Road, Gambier, OH, 43022, U.S.A.

    J. Tate Deskins & John T. Giblin Jr.

  2. Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH, 44106, U.S.A.

    John T. Giblin Jr.

  3. ISCAP and Physics Department, Columbia University, 116th and Broadway, New York, NY, 10027, U.S.A.

    I-Sheng Yang

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Deskins, J.T., Giblin, J.T. & Yang, IS. Classical transitions for flux vacua. J. High Energ. Phys. 2012, 35 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2012)035

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