Spontaneous and induced decay of metastable strings and domain walls

@article{Monin2009SpontaneousAI,
  title={Spontaneous and induced decay of metastable strings and domain walls},
  author={Alexander Monin and Mikhail B. Voloshin},
  journal={Annals of Physics},
  year={2009},
  volume={325},
  pages={16-48}
}
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