Cosmic Strings and Other Topological Defects

Vilenkin, A. & E.P.S. Shellard

ISBN 10: 0521391539 / ISBN 13: 9780521391535

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1994

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Original boards, dust jacket, illustrated with numerous equations, graphs and diagrams, 8vo. Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics. Seller Inventory # 350038-ZB2

Bibliographic Details

Title: Cosmic Strings and Other Topological Defects

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Publication Date: 1994

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis:

This book is a comprehensive and coherent introduction to the role of cosmic strings and other topological defects in the universe. After an introduction to standard cosmological theory and the theory of phase transitions in the early universe, the book then describes, in turn, the properties, formation, and cosmological implications of cosmic strings, monopoles, domain walls and textures. It concludes with a chapter considering the role of topological defects in inflationary universe models. Ample introductory material is included to make the book readily accessible. It will be of interest to graduate students and researchers in particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology.

Book Description:

Now in paperback, this book is the first comprehensive and coherent introduction to the role of cosmic strings and other topological defects in the universe. Ample introductory material makes the book accessible to the wide audience of particle physicists, astrophysicists and cosmologists for whom this topic is of immediate interest.