Tiling the plane without supersymmetry

Abstract

We present a way of tiling the plane with a regular hexagonal network of defects. The network is stable and follows in consequence of the three-junctions that appear in a model of two real scalar fields that presents $Z_3$ symmetry. The $Z_3$ symmetry is effective in both the vacuum and defect sectors, and no supersymmetry is required to build the network.

Comments: Revtex, 4 pages, 1 ps figure; version to appear in Phys. Rev. Lett