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Defect-freezing and Defect-unbinding in the Vector Complex Ginzburg-Landau Equation

Miguel Hoyuelos, Emilio Hernandez-Garcia, Pere Colet, Maxi San Miguel

chao-dynarXiv:chao-dyn/9903011

Abstract

We describe the dynamical behavior found in numerical solutions of the Vector Complex Ginzburg-Landau equation in parameter values where plane waves are stable. Topological defects in the system are responsible for a rich behavior. At low coupling between the vector components, a frozen phase is found, whereas a gas-like phase appears at higher coupling. The transition is a consequence of a defect unbinding phenomena. Entropy functions display a characteristic behavior around the transition.

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