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Patterns of Symmetry Breaking

Patterns of Symmetry Breaking

Arodz, Henryk
Dziarmaga, Jacek
Zurek, Wojciech Hubert

Hardcover

Series: NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, Book 127

General SciencePhysics

ISBN10: 1402017448
ISBN13: 9781402017445
Publisher: Springer
Published: Nov 30 2003
Pages: 404
Weight: 1.60
Height: 1.17 Width: 6.46 Depth: 9.48
Language: English
The conceptofspontaneous symmetry breaking plays a fundamental role in contemporary physics. It is essential for the description of degenerate ground states, massless modes, and topological defects. Examples are abundant in condensed matter physics, atomic and particle physics, as well as in astro- physics and cosmology. In fact, spontaneous symmetry breaking can be re- garded as a cornerstone ofa whole branch ofphysics which intersects the above mentioned traditionally distinct fields. In the year 2000 the European Science Foundation (ESF) started the Pro- gramme Cosmology in the Laboratory (COSLAB), with the goal to search for and to develop analogies betweencondensed matterphysics, particle physics, and cosmology. Not surprisingly, spontaneous symmetry breaking is among the most useful notions in that endeavour. It has been decided that in the sec- ond year of the Programme a School should be held in order to work out and deliver to a wide audience of students synthetic overviews of achievements and of current research topics of COSLAB. This idea has been supported by the Scientific and Environmental Affairs Division of NATO by including the School in the renowned series of its Advanced Study Institutes. The School, entitled Patterns of Symmetry Breaking, was held in Cracow during 16-28 September 2002. It gathered 17 lecturers and about 60 students. The present volume contains notes ofmost of the lectures from that School. We hope that of the physics of spon- it will convey to the reader the breadth and the beauty taneous symmetry breaking.

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