Defect Evolution in Cosmology and Condensed Matter Quantitative Analysis with the Velocity-Dependent One-Scale Model /

• Main Author: Martins, C.J.A.P (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Cosmology.; Phase transitions (Statistical physics).; Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems.; Applications of Graph Theory and Complex Networks.

This book sheds new light on topological defects in widely differing systems, using the Velocity-Dependent One-Scale Model to better understand their evolution. Topological defects – cosmic strings, monopoles, domain walls or others - necessarily form at cosmological (and condensed matter) phase tra...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to Defects
• Cosmic Strings
• Domain Walls
• The Rest of the Zoo
• Model Extensions
• Defects in condensed matter.