List of (some) Experiment Papers about Topological Defects

(these papers are my main references for the contents of this Website)

1. Quantized vortices in superfluid 3He:

Salomaa, M.M. and Volovik, G.E. Rev. Mod. Phys., 1987, 59, 533

2. Normal-state bubbles and lamellae in type-I superconductors:

Ce macronbers, A., Gourdon, C., Jeudy, V. & Okada, T. Normal-state bubbles and lamellae in type-I superconductors. Phys. Rev. B 72, 014513

3. Laboratory Simulation of Cosmic String Formation in the Early Universe using Superflow 3He:

Bauerle, C. et al. Laboratory Simulation of Cosmic String Formation in the Early Universe using Superflow 3He. Nature, 1996, 382, 332

4. The Cosmological Kibble Mechanism in the Laboratory: String Formation in Liquid Crystals

Bowick MJ, Chander L, Schiff EA, Srivastava AM (1994) The cosmological Kibble mechanism in the laboratory: String formation in liquid crystals. Science 263:943–945.

5. Vortex Formation in Neutron-irradiated superflow 3He as an analogue of cosmological defect formation. :

Ruutu, V.M.H. et al. Vortex Formation in Neutron-irradiated superflow 3He as an analogue of cosmological defect formation. Nature, 1996, 382, 332-334

6. Nucleation of Vortices by Rapid Thermal Quench:

Aranson, I.S., Kopnin, N.B. and Vinokur, V.M. Nucleation of Vortices by Rapid Thermal Quench. Preprint cond-mat/9905286