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

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

Martins, C. J. A. P.

Paperback

Series: Springerbriefs in Physics

Astronomy & SpaceGeneral SciencePhysics

ISBN10: 3319445510
ISBN13: 9783319445519
Publisher: Springer
Published: Sep 9 2016
Pages: 118
Weight: 0.42
Height: 0.28 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
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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