Formation and Interactions of Topological Defects

Davis, Anne-Christine (Editor)/ Brandenberger, Robert Hans (Editor)/ North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Scientific Affairs Division (Corporate Author)/ NATO Advanced Study Institute on Formation and Interactions of Topological Defects (1994 : Cambridge, England)

ISBN 10: 0306451166 / ISBN 13: 9780306451164

Published by Plenum Pub Corp, 1995

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illustrated edition edition. 397 pages. 10.25x7.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Formation and Interactions of Topological Defects
• Publisher: Plenum Pub Corp
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0306451166
• ISBN 13: 9780306451164
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.92 kilograms

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Synopsis

Introduction. Phase Transitions in the Early Universe and Defect Formation; T.W.B. Kibble. The Topological Classification of Defects; M. Kleman. Introduction to Growth Kinetics Problems; G.F. Mazenko. Dynamics of Cosmological Phase Transitions: What Can We Learn from Condensed Matter Physics? N. Goldenfeld. Topological Defects and Phase Ordering Dynamics; A.J. Bray. The Production of Strings and Monopoles at Phase Transitions; R.J Rivers, T.S. Evans. Geometry of Defect Scattering; N.S. Manton. Theory of Fluctuating Nonholonomic Fields and Applications: Statistical Mechanics of Vortices and Defects and New Physical Laws in Spaces with Curvature and Torsion; H. Kleinert. String Network Evolution; E.P.S. Shellard. Global Field Dynamics and Cosmological Structure Formation; R. Durrer. Electroweak Baryogenesis; N.G. Turok. Dynamics of Cosmic Strings and Other Brane Models; B. Carter. Cosmological Experiments in Superfluids and Superconductors; W. Zurek. Cosmological Experiments in Liquid 4He-Problems and Prospects; P.C. Hendry et al. Index.