Defect Evolution in Cosmology and Condensed Matter: Quantitative Analysis with the Velocity-Dependent One-Scale Model (SpringerBriefs in Physics) - Softcover

Martins, C.J.A.P.

 
9783319445519: Defect Evolution in Cosmology and Condensed Matter: Quantitative Analysis with the Velocity-Dependent One-Scale Model (SpringerBriefs in Physics)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 3319445510 ISBN 13: 9783319445519
Publisher: Springer, 2016

Synopsis

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 transitions. If they are stable and long-lived they will be fossil relics of higher-energy physics. Understanding their behaviour and consequences is a key part of any serious attempt to understand the universe, and this requires modelling their evolution. The velocity-dependent one-scale model is the only fully quantitative model of defect network evolution, and the canonical model in the field. This book provides a review of the model, explaining its physical content and describing its broad range of applicability.

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About the Author


Carlos Martins is an FCT Research Professor at the Center for Astrophysics of U. Porto (CAUP), and the Head of its Training Unit. He has an undergraduate degree in Astronomy from U. Porto, and a PhD in Theoretical Physics from U. Cambridge. He works on fundamental cosmology and particle astrophysics, focusing on precision consistency tests of standard cosmology and astrophysical searches for new physics.

From the Back Cover

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 transitions. If they are stable and long-lived they will be fossil relics of higher-energy physics. Understanding their behaviour and consequences is a key part of any serious attempt to understand the universe, and this requires modelling their evolution. The velocity-dependent one-scale model is the only fully quantitative model of defect network evolution, and the canonical model in the field. This book provides a review of the model, explaining its physical content and describing its broad range of applicability."

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Publisher
Springer
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3319445510
ISBN 13 
9783319445519
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
127