Defect Evolution in Cosmology and Condensed Matter

Quantitative Analysis with the Velocity-Dependent One-Scale Model

von C.J.A.P. Martins

118 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: SpringerBriefs in Physics
• ISBN: 9783319445519
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 09.09.2016
• Genre: Physik, Astronomie/Astronomie
• Verlag: Springer International Publishing